A fairy with long curly locks rests upon foliage while she feeds a hummingbird on this colorful tinted Battersea pewter. This was the 2009 commemorative button for the Florida State Button Society Show. Founder’s head shank. Backmarked FSBS 2009, BATTERSEA 2009. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#283 Battersea Pewter Fairy
#294 Shell Background Seed Pod Design
#299 Verbal Crepuscule Bargas
A large brass Armand Bargas signed Art Nouveau era button featuring a woman’s head in profile against a sky with a star and flying bats. This is one of a series of four subjects representing the progression of a day through dawn (Aurore), day (Jour), dusk (Crepuscule), and night (Nuit). Nuit is shown BBB PL 232-5. Brass wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#192 Atotharo
Here is Atotharo, Iroquois chieftain, identified in Nicholls (Supp., 32-1690), and also identified by collectors as Medusa. Shown in the BBB PL 228-10. Atotharo was the snake haired Iroquois chief, whose identity here is designated by the aquiline nose. One-piece brass stamping with border of pear-shaped steels and faceted steel eyes and mouth. Est. selling price is $60-100.
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