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#1 Pinna Shell Balloon Engraving
#2 H.F.Meyers Field of Daisies
A happy field of daisies and pastoral landscape background beautifully painted on porcelain by Harry F. Meyers, china decorator, born about 1873. Reference article: “Rediscovering H.F.M. -42-” by Judy Stopke. NBS July 2015 p. 116-119. We have three Meyers’ porcelains in this auction. See also Lot #218 and 202. Molded self shank. Signed H.F.M -42-. Est. selling price is $60-100.
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#3 Ladybugs, a Beetle, and a Leaf
#4 Russian Lacquerware Butterfly
#5 Oval Engraved Balloon
#6 Gaumond Floral Artistry
#7 Early Fleur-de-lis Enamel
This late 18th century or early 19th century enamel features a red basse-taille background and gilt paint fleur-de-lis and border overlay. White and green enamel paillons and teardrop pierreries enhance the border. Clear counter-enameled reverse. Copper shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
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#8 Tole & Enamel
#9 Woman Reading Shibayama
#10 Fairy Enamel
#11 Motiwala Cicada
#12 Cloisonné Butterfly Enamel
#13 Red Glass Poppy
#14 Fop Couple Enamel
#15 Moon Over the Water Pearl
#16 Silver Iris
#17 Enamel Pansy on Silver
#18 Garden Music Making
#19 Hen on a Fence
#20 Brooks Queen Elizabeth Flower Set
#21 Glass Jewel and Enamel Duo
Transparent red enamel covers a glittering foil background and a faceted crystal mounted in a copper ring is decorated with a center paste and ringed with a border of paste jewels. The enamel is counter-enameled in blue. Loop shanks. Est. selling price is $30-60.
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#22 Jeweled Basket
#23 Battersea/Bilston Enamel
A large Battersea/Bilston enamel button from the late 18th or early 19th century with transparent green enamel center section over basse taille patterning. Handpainted rose floral designs and heavy gold luster rococo scroll accents. Example shown BBB PL 13-17. Enamel chip on the rim at 2:00. Clear counter enameling on the reverse. Copper wire shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
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#24 Handkerchief Fan
#25 Edwardian Jeweled DUG
#26 Copper Bee Brass Trellis
#27 Bumblebee Porcelain
#28 Fan Coquetry
#29 Large Arita Butterfly
#30 18th-C Engraved Copper
#31 Small Coachman’s Pearl
#32 Silver Horseman
#33 Horse Head Steel Cup
#34 Raku Horses
#35 Jasperware on Steel Equestrian
#36 Early Waistcoat
#37 Filigree Dome Jeweled Enamel
Intricate button consists of a pierced filigree gilt metal hollow dome embellished with champleve enameled petals decorating a center black glass cabochon jewel. A ring of silver lustered faceted jewels forms the outermost border. The gilt metal reverse is stamped with an overall pattern design. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
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#38 Red Horse Satsuma
Extra-large Satsuma porcelain features a rearing red horse outlined in gold with black and gold outlined mane and tail. Zodiac Year of the Horse which occurs every 12 years: 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026. Self shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
Current bid: $6
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#39 Cowboy and Horse on Pearl
#40 Casein Cowboy Boot
#41 Jacksonian Steam Engine
#42 Rothschild Crest
Elaborate family crest of the Rothschild family, an influential banking dynasty originating in Frankfurt. The crest features heraldic lion, unicorn, crown, shield and banner with motto, CONCORDIA INTEGRITAS INDUSTRIA. During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private fortune in the world. Backmark FIRMAN & SONS LD, 47 WARWICK ST., 153 STRAND LONDON. Brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
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#43 Boar Hunter
#44 Steel Cup with Carved Pearl
#45 Elephant Livery
#46 Modified Square Glass
#47 Ukrainian Lacquerware
A gold-bordered wreath design of botanical elements in red and yellow against a deep black background on this handpainted lacquered design featuring “The Art of Ukraine”. Signed and dated 1993 on the reverse. Copper flat-wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
Current bid: $6
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#48 Popper Glass Gay 90s
#49 Rosette Shank Glass
A transparent glass button from the early part of the 20th century in the realistic shape of a flower. The deeper coloring comes from darker glass fused to the underside of the petals. Silver luster enhances the calyx. A similar button is shown BBB PL 41-2. Rosette shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
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#50 Mexican Silver Elephant
Realistic silver elephant with raised trunk from Casa Prieto, a well-known and respected mid-20th Century silver shop in Mexico City. Much of their silver work was actually made in nearby Taxco. Backmarked MEXICO (partially undefined), PRIETO, 925 (partially obscured by the shank). Est. selling price is $60-100.
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#51 Black Glass Quartet
#52 Big Twinkle Kitty
#53 Sculpted Elephants
#54 Pewter Jester Woodback
#55 Pierrot with Candle
#56 Jet Fable
#57 Dog Clown
#58 GAP Jewel
The American Novelties and Notions Company (ANN) and the General Art Products Company (GAP) made war time buttons in the 1940s of wood composition. Here is a GAP button embellished with colorful glass jewels and gold tint decorative finish. Backmarked GAP and numbered 393. Inserted brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
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#59 Enamel Circus Set
Five enamel – and all MOVEABLE – buttons comprise this delightful CIRCUS SET from the creative artistry of Janet White. Buttons the Clown, the lovely Bella (elephant), Magnifico the muscle man, fine feline Franklin, and Bernard the bicycling bear will come to you mounted together on a frameable 9×12 Circus Card, all specially designed by the artist. You’ll also receive decorated cards for each of the 5 individual buttons, should you want to display them separately. Reverses show artist’s signature stamp and loop shanks. Est. selling price is $200-400.
Current bid: $6
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#60 Blue Bakelite Elephant
#61 Chocolates!
#62 Cobalt Handpainted Glass Quartet
Four cobalt artisan painted buttons designed by the late Geri Peck of California, painted by a family of skilled artisans in the Czech Republic, and produced in limited quantities. Here is a girl catching butterflies, a girl harvesting grapes, a boy fishing, and a boy reading. Reverse shows backmark H gp 07 with plate and loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
Current bid: $56
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#63 Pinna Greenaway
#64 Greenaway Boy and Dog
#65 Nursery Tale Scrimshaw
#66 Uncle Wiggly V.I.
#67 Garter Trio
#68 Paris Back Deluxe Painting
#69 18th-C Piper Boy & Dancing Dog
#70 Game of Graces
#71 Mill Scene Watch Crystal
#72 Brass Red Riding Hood
#73 Artist’s Red Riding Hood
#74 Enamel Red Riding Hood
#75 Scrimshaw Red Riding Hood
#76 Dimi Thread Sheath Overlay Trio
#77 Sylvia Silver
Wonderful square deco styled verbal spelling “SYLVIA”. This button is handwrought silver and comes from the estate of the film legend, Sylvia Sidney. Ms. Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s and continued with her stage and screen career for over 70 years. Backmark STERLING 1935 with silver wire shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
Current bid: $30
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#78 Green Daisy Lacy
#79 Butterfly Wing Under Glass
#80 Silver Nouveau Head
#81 Silver on Helmet Shell
#82 Silver Peacock
This lovely silver peacock was made in the early days of the Uncas Mfg. Co of Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1911, they eventually became renowned as the largest costume jewelry ring manufacturer in the U.S. Backmark STERLING with maker’s mark U with inward facing arrows on either side. Est. selling price is $100-200.
Current bid: $55
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#83 Peacock Eye Jewel
#84 Deluxe Feather Peacock
This peacock has quite the feather in his cap as he’s comprised completely of feathers, even his feet! This fine feathered friend is on a natural material background, set under glass, and placed in a silver mount with roped border. Silver wire loop shank. Quality mark on reverse. Est. selling price is $200-400.
Current bid: $14
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#85 Paste Border Peacock Eye Duo
#86 Peacock Eye Group
#87 Peacock Shibayama
#88 Yellow Georgian Jewel
#89 Peacock Satsuma
#90 Saphiret Jewel Duo
#91 Threadbound Turquoise Glass
#92 Handpainted Roses Porcelain
#93 Ribbon Design Lavender Jewel
#94 Ceramic Flowers
#95 Diminutive Yellow Tingue
#96 Horn Cupid
A black horn featuring the full figure of Cupid with quiver on his back readying his bow and arrow. The finely lined background includes two botanical garlands on either side of the figure. Shown BBB PL 189-6. Inserted metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
Current bid: $12
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#97 Venus and Cupid Glass
Molded white glass depicting Venus and Cupid against a black tinted background. Some wear to the black coloring. Venus playfully keeps Cupid’s bow away from him. This button is a copy of a Wedgwood design. Shown BBB PL 187-2. Silver or silvered metal mount. Elongated loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
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#98 Deluxe Boudoir Scene
Painting under glass depicts a woman in her bed interacting with two young maids, perhaps her sisters. Painted on natural material and mounted in silver or silvered metal with a full border of glittering paste jewels. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.
Current bid: $80
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#99 Young Man in Feather Hat
#100 Milkglass in Brass
#101 Georgian Oval Porcelain
#102 Cupid in the Clouds Shell
#103 Openwork Paste Jewel
#104 Gibson Girl Bakelite
#105 Helmet Shell Scene
#106 Carved Seal
#107 Bakelite Star Compass
#108 Carved Shell Ship
#109 Large Arita Bird
#110 Sheet Overlay Tingue Type
#111 Pearlized Glass with Flag
#112 Ship on Pearl Painting
#113 18th-C Silver Balloon Engraving
#114 Rare Transportation
#115 Brass Moon and Stars
#116 Birds on a Wire Enamel Black Glass
#117 Scrimshaw Ship
#118 Balloon Rowboat
#119 Delft Canal Boat
#120 Fisherman Sporting
#121 Third Ave Provincial Portrait
#122 18th-C Passementerie with Opaline
#123 Deluxe Elizabethan Portrait
#124 Royal Portrait
#125 Rhinestone Jewel & Pearl Design
#126 Real Carved Jet
A scarce Div. I button, this real jet likely came from Yorkshire or Whitby, England, the leading jet jewelry centers of that time. Jet is classed as a gemstone, but in actuality is fossilized wood around 182 million years old. Intricately carved with a four lobe surface design and cross-hatched center. Inserted flat wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
Current bid: $8
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#127 Pierced Bone with Steel Inlay
#128 18th-C Handpainted Porcelain
#129 18th-C Reverse Paint
This 18th C. reverse paint design on glass features a draped curtain, a floral branch, and perhaps a little bird, all done in gold and silver paint against the deep cobalt blue foil background. Copper rim. Sheet iron reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.
Current bid: $10
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#130 18th-C Pearl with Wedgwood
#131 Lady in Blue Feathered Hat
#132 18th-C Copper Ovals on Circle
#133 Wedgwood in Silver
This green ceramic Wedgwood features the Olympian deity Apollo, with lyre and quiver of arrows. The older jasperware plaquette is in a 20th century silver jeweler’s mount with double bead border. Reverse backmarked WEDGWOOD. Silver support bar, marked STERLING, with heavy loop shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.
Current bid: $6
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#134 Liverpol Transfer
#135 Uncle Sam Cracker Jack Prize
#136 Lord’s Prayer Shell
#137 Bimini Eagle
#138 Presidential Enamel Set
#139 John F. Kennedy Enamel
#140 Harrison Log Cabin Political
The barrel, on this one-piece convex brass political button from the presidential campaign of 1840, is on a four-legged stand. Shown in Albert’s Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons, PC 158A. Reverse has a circle of stars within rings. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
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