Buttonsplus

Here is another enamel button in black and white with a small pink rose. It is in the Art Nouveau style and the poppy like flower on the black background is a nice addition. It measures 2 1/4 cm and has a metal loop shank.

Here is one of my enamelled buttons. I like it because of the simplicity of the design and that the black and white is effective as well as being a square button. To me some of the enamelled buttons have too many colours and are too busy. Sometimes less is better. Well, that is my story and I am sticking to it !!

This is a Gay Nineties button from the 1890s though perhaps you would not call it gay as the colour of the stone is rather dull compared to many other examples. The stone itself though is rather nice. It measures 3 1/2 cm.

Here is a very old fabric button with a thread back. The fabric is of a dull no green colour and has a geometric design woven into it. There is no actual shank and you sewed through the threads to attach it.

Here is a set of six elongated oval shaped buttons. They are of a nice purple colour and set in metal. They were in a box of buttons a friend gave me many years ago.

This button is of aqua glass set in a white metal mount. The border is a decorative floral one. It measures 3 1/2 cm and has a metal loop shank.

Here are four Bachelor buttons which I guess were called that because they needed no sewing on. I show the back view where you press the side levers to remove the back and once you have attached the button you just snap the back in place.

Here is a Cinnibar button and buckle both in the common colour of red. They both have been carved in a floral design and are the only example of this type of button I have. It is just interesting to have one example in my collection even though I do not find them lovely.

Here are some original tubes of Astor buttons maybe from the 1930s or 40s. It was good when you could just take the exact number of buttons you needed for the project. Nowadays a lot of buttons are sold in packets of 2, 4 or 6 so you have to buy an extra packet just for that extra one. Changes are not always for the better.

Here is part of the fun I have going through Opp Shop jars of buttons. In 2010 I found a string of buttons tangled up in a jar of buttons. I untangled them and rethread them the same way to restore them. Some child has obviously played with Gran’s tin of buttons and had fun threading them. Many people have a similar story to this and I just wonder to whom these belonged. It is raining today and that would have been a good rainy day’s activity. The buttons are ordinary but oldish.