Buttonsplus

Here are three tin buttons with a painted design in the Art Deco style. They have cut away windows in geometric shapes which reveal the painted area. They would suit a garment made of fabric the same colour as the paint.

Here are three lacy glass buttons from my collection. The paintwork on the back of them is not 100% and a bit worn. Because of this they were a little cheaper. In really good order they are quite expensive but I am pleased to have these examples.

Here is a group of small Vegetable Ivory buttons. They have been dyed and most of them have a design pressed into them. They are really nice when you look closely at them. They mainly measure 1 cm or a little over or under.

Here is a vegetable ivory button which has been dyed brown and has a metal escutcheon depicting berries. It has a metal loop shank and measures 2 1/2 cm. When getting it out to measure it I realize I have another one which is smaller at just over 1 1/2 cm. You don’t know what you have in your collection!!

I do love Austrian Tinies buttons and have quite a nice little collection of them. As suggested by their name they are only small but have so much detail in them. They are a combination of metal with say velvet, pearl or celluloid background with delicate metal design over them and have a japanned back and a metal loop shank. So much design for such a small item.

A lady in an Opp shop in Rushworth gave me a tin of buttons when she took me to her house. They were quite dirty and jumbled about but at the bottom was this Ivory button featuring a dragon. I was pretty pleased to find it and it cleaned up well. It measures 3 cm.

This plastic button (maybe it is Bakelite?) shows a tulip cut out. I do not know how old it is but I imagine it is of a reasonable age. It is simple in it’s design but quite effective.

Here are some realistic plastic buttons in the shape of a daisy. Some of them are pearlized. Are they from the 1940s or 1950s? Each of them would look good on the appropriate material.

Here is an original card of Pewter buttons made in Norway. I think they are from the 1960s or 1970s. At that time there were a lot of Pewter buttons made in Norway depicting skiing themes, elk, vikings and snowflake symbols etc. It is nice to have the full set of buttons.

I only have two mosaic buttons and the other one is tiny. It is amazing how they create a button with such tiny pieces of glass. It is not really my colours but I have seen no other for sale. It is set in silver and has a rope like edge, I think it was made in Italy.