This large French-made late 19th century button, made in the style of a late 18th century button, features a colorful floral wreath against a cream background on this fine enamel. Copper rim. Copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A 12-petal daisy design with finely-lined petals features silver and mint green back paint on this striking Victorian clear lacy glass. Silver luster surface enhancement. Black reverse paint was restored. Two-way brass shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

A woman in a pink dress sits serenely on a white bench against a lovely background in blue and purple coloring on this French-made enamel with gilt laurel leaf wreath border. Backmarked E.M. PARIS. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

Two cats playfully bat a ball back and forth from atop a pedestal table on this very scarce Victorian era pierced brass design. Shown BBB PL 114-3. Brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.

A paper lithograph mounted under glass features the head of a pretty lady with blue hat and ruffled collar. The silvered metal reverse shows three extensions which support the outer border ring embellished with individually riveted cut steel jewels. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A sepia-toned photographic portrait of a young girl printed on coated paper and mounted in a pierced brass border with overlapping scallop design. The paper peeks through the pierced border. A tender Victorian moment captured for posterity on this one-of-a-kind piece. Japanned reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

A sweet enamel rosebud calico design over a baby blue background fills the center of this gilt metal with cut steel jewel border. A few scratches to the enamel are not particularly noticeable. Wire U shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

A soft-colored lithograph features a pensive portrait of a young woman with flower-bedecked hair and wearing three strands of yellow pearls. The fancy brass border pointedly draws the attention to her face. Japanned reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

Colorful hand-painted floral bouquet design on porcelain mounted in a decorative brass border. Japanned reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A large and hard to find vegetable ivory with molded and dyed foliage design. Four-hole sew-thru. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A large and scarce Victorian habitat button with preserved natural grasses under sheet celluloid featuring a press molded design of more grains and grasses. Openwork gilt brass border mount. Choice condition for this type of button. Brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

This large porcelain features a cheerful design of two colorful wheat sheafs and drifting floral blooms, perhaps a hopeful sign for the harvest. Quality darkened metal rim and mount. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A detailed transfer harbor scene with sepia outlines over background colors features boats, buildings, and two figures on this deluxe porcelain. Prong mounted in brass with a glittering paste border. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A large version of the sweet figural enamel featuring the subject titled “Who’ll Buy My Lavender?” Foil flecks decorate her dress and a border of cut steel jewels frames the scene. Shown BBB PL 14-10. Gilt reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

A large pierced brass against a painted background depicts a lizard on a fence with climbing ivy and roses. Japanned reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $10-30.

A sweet and hard-to-find large button showing a child’s head under a large blossom in high relief pewter against a flat metal back. A screened twinkle border frames the scene. Shown BBB PL 198-7. Brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

Cupid, with his bow and arrow, rides atop a large bird, on this brass pictorial with pierced twinkle border. Japanned reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A pair of bird parents tend a trio of eggs on this fine Victorian handkerchief corners button. Brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.

A large Div. I mother-of-pearl with engraved design of a butterfly among a wreath of flowers. Swaged-in brass four-way shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

This speckled bird and a fanciful border were reverse painted on the slightly curved glass of this 18th century button. Hand-crimped copper rim with tin-coated iron reverse. Copper wire U shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.

A scarce and large size Div. I cloisonné enamel with a striking design of flowering plum branches against a lapis blue background. Bronze rim. Heavy bronze loop shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.

A large smoky gray pearl with a fanciful engraved rendering of an arrow-tailed dragon. Swaged-in brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A large steel cup button with the stamped brass image of a sailor boy and large anchor against a flat stippled background. The anchor has a cut steel jewel on one end. The word “MOM” is stamped on the crossbar of the anchor (though this example’s readability is not the best). Shown BBB PL 190-46. Metal U shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A scarce brass picture of the Sleeping Watchman, shown BBB PL 202-9. Great detail in the stack of hay with lantern atop, the rooster in the sign above the watchman’s head, and the background buildings. Japanned reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A very scarce Div. I black glass pictorial featuring two figures enjoying a winter toboggan ride. Smoky torch lights line the hill. Other details include two rows of buttons decorating the coat of the front figure, and the full beard of the second figure blown by the breeze. Decorated rim has one repaired nick at 9:00. Shown BBB PL 240-8. Brass loop and U shank. 1880 patent mark. Est. selling price is $200-400.

A large stamped brass of Charles I of England in high relief and applied to a brass rim decorated with facetted steels. Shown BBB PL 228-3. Companion piece to Lots #267 and #288. Brass loop shank on a support bar. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A scarce picture depicting a Swiss hunter with his walking stick crossing a log bridge over a ravine. Pierced brass scene over a woodback. Shown BBB 201-4. Painted steel reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

The wood head of the artist Rubens, from a self portrait painted about 1640, is set in a decorative brass rim. Shown BBB PL 227-16. Japanned steel reverse with loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

Charmingly depicted with all four hooves off the ground, a dappled white horse and his soldier rider gallop across a watercolor painting on paper under glass. Gilded copper rim and back, copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.

A large fine silver with great detail featuring a portrait of Hertzog von Berwick. Late 19th century. Shown BBB PL 75-2. Hallmarks include the maker’s mark BM. Large wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

Here is the first of two choice French Revolution centennial enamels in this auction. This large enamel on copper features a cherub in the process of firing a canon. Another enamel is in Lot #85. Copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

In the 17th century, the staff of the Sun King, Louis XIV, maintained 3000 orange trees for his gardens at Versailles. The trees were potted in boxes and kept pruned in order to move them inside to the Orangery for the winter. Here are two such gilt metal orange trees on this large dark pearl. Swaged-in brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

This 18th century French Revolution era colored engraving under glass depicts a fellow wearing a three-part outfit representing the nobility, the third estate (the common people), and the clergy. Lui seul pour trois translates to “He alone for three.” Copper rim and loop shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.

This 18th century enamel features a deep cobalt base decorated with gold star paillions and a border of white pierreries atop gold paillions. The center star has lost its gold. Copper rim. Copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $400-600.

A defined center circle is delicately punched with a pattern of curling vines and florets on this 18th century copper. The border design demonstrates even more delicate and steadier handwork. Copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A border of stamped quatrefoils surrounds a center reserve with a crisply hand-tooled woven design. Heavy copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.

An eight-petaled “Octafoil” pattern was hand tooled onto this 18th century copper after the center spiral was machined. Copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A rare large steel cup depicts a Lizard climbing one side of a brick wall as a flowering vine climbs the other side.  An oval window of cut steel jewels separates the two, while a border of cut steels frames all elements. Steel wire U shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

Lacy filigree petals radiate out from the center faceted green glass jewel on this Victorian-era jewel. Cut-steel jewels accentuate the border. U shank on the reverse support bar. Est. selling price is $60-100.

A large, unusual for its size, Div. I lacy glass with center floral band and lovely reverse amber coloring. Most of the original backpaint is intact. Four-way brass shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

Such an elegantly styled quality silvered openwork mount for the center mottled brown and green stone. Elongated loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A large Gay 90s jewel featuring a faceted triangular green jewel in an openwork mount. The triangular motif is carried through the three frond swirls forming the border. Graduated steel jewels embellishment. U shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

This unusual version of the brass picture “The “Goose Girl” has a soft background of brown velvet. Metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

Very unusual glass set in metal Paris Back.  Molded clear glass center with foil back, set in textured brass, with the addition of a brass snowflake center motif. Fabulous back marks: H. T. & S.  PARIS, “26” (in shield) and crest-type design at top with lion, unicorn, cross & crown. Est. selling price is $60-100.

A beautiful and large Gin Bari enamel with duo-tone white and yellow coloring behind the multicolored flowering branch. Silver mount with silver loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.

A scarce and sparkling amber lacy glass with faceted beaded pattern across the surface is prong-set in openwork gilt brass.  Very unusual. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

Engraved, gilded and tinted flowers decorate this large, iridescent white oyster shell button bordered with engraved and gilded acanthus leaves and C-scrolls. The delicate pink petals are an unusual feature. Swaged-in brass shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

A bird made of real feathers perches in a tree made of real plant material, gazing skyward at a flying insect painted on the foil background of this rare 18th century. Copper rim and loop shank with tinned sheet-iron back. Est. selling price is $400-600.

Romeo and Juliet reach out to each other from Juliet’s position on the curtained balcony on this detailed theatrical scene with twinkle screenback. Shown BBB PL 15802. It has a japanned steel reverse with brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

This large and oh-so-beautiful 18th century white pearl features 17 spindle shaped openings over a gold mirrored background with a faceted aqua center pin-shank paste. Gilt metal reverse plate with rounded copper small plate and loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.

A large 19th century jasperware set in brass features a seated woman in a mourning pose. Titled “Conquered Province”, a similar button is shown BBB PL 177-3. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.

Built in Paris by Louis XIV, Les Invalides opened in 1674 as a barracks and a hospital for soldiers. Depicted on a hand-tinted engraving on paper, this underglass button has a copper rim and loop shank and a tinned sheet-iron back. Est. selling price is $400-600.

This Victorian era button features a winged half-cherub in openwork silvered brass, over a mottled celluloid background. Shown BBB PL 188-22. The cherub holds a palm frond which becomes the border design. The mask of Bacchus is part of the scene. Japanned reverse with metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A pierced and slightly convex brass Art Nouveau botanical design mounted over an ivorine wafer. Silver paint decorative finish in small areas of the brass. Brass loop and plate shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.

A center faceted black glass jewel is ringed by an inner border of pastes and an outer brass decorative border. Brass reverse with German backmark and brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.

A large and scarce sepia tinted ivoroid titled “Barefoot Boy” showing a boy sitting with his dog. Shown BBB PL 191-24. This example is in mint condition with clear detail. Japanned reverse with metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.

Likely Russian, but possibly French and made for the Eastern market, this rare emaux peints Madonna and Child is rendered in a style that makes this little work of art a highly portable, deeply personal icon. Note the little angels hovering beside the Madonna’s halo. Elaborately gilded highlights and a rope-twist border complete the design. Gilded silver back and loop shank. Est. selling price is $600-1500.