An interesting mix of china buttons including a scarce solid color acorn shape, a whistle, a three-color stencil, two hobnail rims, and a gray speckled two-hole. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#265 M/D Carved Dragons
A great addition to a mother/daughter card is this small and medium size carved dragons in natural material. Sepia tinted eyes. Post screw-in shanks. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#241 Buttons of the Bible
A complete “Books of the Bible and Buttons”, with pages originally published by Mildred Clay in 1948. Her signature and “gift notation” to a friend is on the inside title page. 93 buttons on 12 printed pages comprise this lot, all neatly packaged in a blue three ring binder, with buttons and pages protected in plastic sleeves. Majority of the buttons are 19th-C pictorials, with a few Div. III buttons. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#180 18th-C Passementerie Quartet
Four 18th century passementerie buttons include two small sized, one with a center mirror paste jewel and the other with a metallic thread weave design. For the two medium sized buttons, one features red sequins and the other has a center paste jewel. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#106 V.I. Group
Five small to medium Vegetable Ivory buttons including a molded pinwheel design with paste center, a stenciled tile pattern, a hexagon with inset pearl center, a molded triploid pattern sew-thru, and a stenciled daisy scene whistle shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#120 Work Clothes Group
Six small to medium verbal work clothes buttons including Liberty Denver, Klink, Our Wheeler, Big B Brand, Fincks Red Bar, and The Lark. Wobble and stationery loop shanks. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#81 Pottery Group
Four pinshank Norwalk pottery buttons sized small to medium, and one small purple toned glazed pottery of unknown origin. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#16 Lacy Glass Quartet
Four Div. I lacy glass including a scarce small oval, a small silver and black design, a medium with faux looped cord design, and a triploid clover design with bands of silver. Est. selling price is $100-200.
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