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Description: Fun Art Deco cork buttons - slices of cork with yellow and black polymer on either side. Plastic type untested - probably casein.
Size: medium Price: $6each Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A406 |
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Description: Bad scan of a fun little button. Imitation sew thru in wood.
Size: medium Price: Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A407 |
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Description: Sweet modern wood button - painted nativity scene. Applied plastic shank.
Size: medium Price: $5each Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A408 |
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Description: Vintage wood buttons with OMEs. a. - metal loop shank - plastic "laces" b. plastic coated cord c. plastic coated cord forming 6 point star d. glass flowers
Size: c. large, others medium Price: a & b. $5ea. c. & d. $6ea Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A391 |
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Description: Wood buttton carved to look like bamboo!
Size: large Price: $4 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A402 |
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Description: Vegetable ivory with deeply carved geometric design. Inset metal loop shank
Size: medium Price: $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A403 |
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Description: Unusual vintage ceramic with 3 horseshoes in design. Self shank. Back painted gold.
Size: medium Price: $6ea Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A404 |
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Description: Largest horn button I have ever seen. Just over 2 inches form top to bottom. Modified triangle - deep blue colour.
Size: Large Price: SOLD Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A405 |
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Description: Art Deco wood button with metal loop shanks and decorated with metal bands.
Size: All large except lower left button which is medium. Price: $5 large, $4 medium Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A392 |
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Description: Vintage wood button. Metal loop shank, inlaid with lighter coloured wood and bakelite
Size: medium Price: $6ea Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A393 |
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Description: Wood bug button. Inlaid bone spots and eyes
Size: medium Price: $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A394 |
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Description: Large bone button with metal shank. Brass decorations glued to front.
Size: large Price: $4 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A395 |
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Description: Carved bone rabbit - darkened with henna. Eye is inlaid horn
Size: medium Price: $8 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A396 |
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Description: Carved bone crocodile darkened with henna
Size: large Price: $8 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A397 |
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Description: Carved bone fish with inlaid horn eyes.
Size: medium Price: $6 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A398 |
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Description: Carved bone hand
Size: 2 just fit small loop, 2 are medium Price: $4 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A399 |
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Description: This bone button represents some kind of mammal - I think its most likely a small member of the deer family - like the muntjac.
Size: Medium Price: $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A400 |
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Description: Turtle carved form bone with inlaid horn eyes.
Size: medium Price: $8 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A401 |
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Description: Pressed design Vi button in a lovely Arts & Crafts design. Deep green colour.
Size: small Price: $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A389 |
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Description: Coconut shell frog.
Size: Medium Price: $6 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A402 |
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Description: Crescent moon with face in coconut shell
Size: medium Price: $3 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A403 |
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Description: These would appear to be "veil" buttons -though I'm not entering the controversy about how they were used. Wooden mould covered in silk, with bras shank going all they way around. These are quite light in weight.
Size: small Price: $8 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A387 |
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Description: Unusual ceramic button. No mark. Pink glaze continues on button back, leaving just the area around the shank clear.
Size: Medium Price: $4 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A385 |
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Description: Composition button in a spindle shape.
Size: small Price: $4 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A386 |
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Description: VI buttons with pearlised finish in pristine condition. Choice of colours- both unusual in VI buttons - silvery blue or pale orange. Both have a carved centre "pearl" Gorgeous!
Size: Medium (just larger than the Linley "small" loop) Price: $7ea Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A377 |
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Description: More pearlised VI - lovely buttons with carved surface - 2 different colours of pearl finish on each. Main colour pale grey/green or purple.
Size: small Price: $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A378 |
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Description: VI button - unusual kite shape and mauve colour.
Size: small Price: $4 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A379 |
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Description: Tiny VI horse shoe realistic
Size: small (hangs in dimi loop) Price: $3 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A380 |
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Description: VI button with engraved anchor.
Size: Medium Price: $6 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A382 |
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Description: VI pants button from Berlin - Hermann Hoffmann. Khaki green colour with gold lettering. I have a list of hundreds of VI tailor buttons from Australia, the UK and Canada & India including some with backmarks. Most are available for $2 each.
Size: small Price: (this button)$4 WRITE FOR FULL LIST Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A381 |
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Description: Cute little Vi which looks just like a celluloid glow bubble - blue stencilled over purple.
Size: small Price: $3 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A376 |
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Description: Dimi calicoes in as new condition.
Size: Dimi Price: Orange $4 ea, green $3 ea Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A375 |
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Description: Fantastic Art Deco horn button with open work design - rich red colour
Size: Large Price: SOLD Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A370 |
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Description: Modern horn button - realistic elephant.
Size: medium Price: $6 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A373 |
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Description: carved bone buttons - I believe these to be Div. 1. Inset plate and loop shanks
Size: small Price: $6. Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A360 |
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Description: Modern bone cat button
Size: medium Price: $7 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A370 |
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Description: A button with many materials - top is black glass set in metal - rim has glass beads and pieces of silver chain. Back is vegetable ivory, but it is only a thin disk - some other material is holding the whole button together, but I am unable to say what it is. Glass beads were once pearlised, but the coating is quite worn.
Size: small Price: $8 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A368 |
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Description: Colourful British rubber buttons form the 1940s. All are backmarked "Dainite"
Size: medium Price: Round $4, square $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A369 |
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Description: Chunky VI button with painted detail.
Size: medium Price: $6 SALE $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A367 |
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Description: 2 Vis with lovely pressed designs.
Size: Top button medium, 2nd small Price: $7/$5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A361 |
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Description: Wood spindle button - 3D spindle shape, carved and painted..
Size: medium Price: $6ea SALE $5 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A362 |
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Description: 2 interesting wood and casein buttons. The shank button is a half cylinder shape with bright blue marbled casein laminated to all sides.
Size: both medium Price: $8ea SALE $6 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A363 |
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Description: Wood button with 2 tone leather embellishment.
Size: large Price: $8ea Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A364 |
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Description: Wonderful Art Deco button - centre part is wood, with applejuice bakelite trim.
Size: Large Price: $8 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A350a |
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Description: Unusually chunky Vegetable ivory. Button is dyed, heavily carved and has a pressed design in the centre. Carved self shank.
Size: medium Price: $10ea Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A351a |
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Description: What a fun VI pictorial - I have scanned it larger to show all the detail. A wide open eye with long lashes!
Size: small Price: $6 Contact: greenwhat@smartchat.net.au #A349 |
**ALL prices are per button, and are in US dollars** ©2003/5 - Robyn Greenwell | |
