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#1 Of Snails, a Gnome, and Pearls
An enchanting work by artist Nancy Dubois, who transformed a lily of the valley stem into a stalk of pearl treasure for this little gnome traipsing across a stepping stone path of snails. Pigmented and engraved pinna shell with pearl embellishment. Signed, numbered and dated on the reverse. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#2 Triad Paisley Border Lacy
Lovely autumn coloring for this Div. I lacy glass with three paisleys forming the border inside the beaded rim. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#3 Lacquered Bird in a Flowering Bush
Old paper maché of Persian origin features a bird in the bush. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#4 Emerald Paste and Marcasite Jewel
Delicate swirls of white metal embellished with emerald pastes and marcasites on this elegant button. Reverse has a small stamp mark and the numbers 8 630. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#5 Gold Duo
Two small waistcoats with gold metal faces include a target and damascene design. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#6 Two Pretty Ladies
A transfer on porcelain and a chromolithograph under glass. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#7 Jewel of Beads
A ruby red bead crowns this multi-tiered design of iridescent beads wired onto the openwork lace-like brass back. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#8 Motiwala Greenaway Enamel
Three girls play jump rope on this enamel from Motiwala of India. The illustration is from Kate Greenaway’s “Birthday Book” for the month of September. Silver mount with elongated silver shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#9 Big Couture Wood
Extra-large wood with incised details and wonderful combination of painted and stained finishes. Probably French, possibly Henri Hamm. Inserted metal shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#10 Tingue Duo
Two Div. I glass tingues include a round dark red and an amber oblong. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#11 Woman Playing a Mandolin
This brass features a woman playing a mandolin, shown BBB PL 171 #13. She may represent Erato, muse of music. She appears to be reclining among clouds. Lacquered steel reverse with metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#12 Large Edwardian Enamel
Art Deco geometry on this large champlevé enamel. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#13 XLG Chrysanthemum on Wood
High-relief gutta percha chrysanthemum escutcheon mounted on wood. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#14 Openwork Enamel Floral
Bright openwork bloom design in colorful enamel. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#15 Triple Bow Bordered Red Enamel
Intense red basse taille enamel bordered with a design of gilt ribbon tied into three bows. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#16 Swan Micromosaic Jewel
Graceful swan of glass tesserae in cobalt glass, handmade in the Vatican workshops for sale to Victorians on the Grand Tour. (Minor surface wear invisible at actual size.) Est. selling price is $100-200.
#17 Screech Owl on Wood
A cheeky screech owl perched atop a flower-adorned branch mounted on wood. Shown BBB PL 141 #6. Brass loop with small plate shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#18 King Crow
Shhh! Don’t tell King Crow the jewel he’s carrying is fool’s gold! From the creative hand of artist Janet White of California, this moveable enamel (crown is hinged) is embellished with silver and pyrite. Artist’s decorated card included. Signature stamp on the reverse. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#19 Silvered Shell
Rococo Revival shell with carved and silver-leafed border surrounding a silver-leafed bird. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#20 Enamel with Gold Foil Bird
A sweet gold foil paillon bird centers this enamel design in rose pink and carmine with guilloché background and white champlevé outlining. Gold foil paillon scrolls decorate the four border quadrants. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#21 Pentagon in Fabric
Fine crochet handwork and threaded beads on silk in a pentagonal design. A few of the beads are missing. Threaded reverse. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#22 Poppy and Pearls
Amber basse taille enamel with silver poppy set with seed pearls from the late 19th century Art Nouveau period. Scalloped-edged silver mount. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#23 Jeweled Art Nouveau Head
Two green jewels adorn the swirled hair of the Art Nouveau head decorated with two tint finishes of copper and gold. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#24 Objects on Pearl
A hat and musical instrument engraved on this large pearl and brushed with silver. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#25 Green Colt Rouge
A medium two-part amino resin button made as a novelty for a short time in the 1940’s by the Colt Firearm Company. The green screw-top is decorated with a molded, cameo-style head and fitted on a black base. Green lid numbered 194 on inner side. Inner black compartment shows PAT. PENDING COLT and the number 41. Self shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#26 Couple in the Garden Porcelain
Colorful transfer on porcelain of a couple in a garden setting. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#27 Pin-Shanked Porcelain
Hard-paste porcelain from the late 18th or early 19th century with a handpainted purple aster garland. Similar button shown BBB PL 4 #5. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#28 Biern Basket
Purple fabric background in deep brass cup with a basket escutcheon. Backmarked SAM BIERN, N.Y.C. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#29 Bow & Garland Victorian Milk Glass
A center bow and an outer border garland on this molded Victorian milk glass. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#30 Realistic Porcelain Rose
A delicate realistic rose bloom in glazed porcelain. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#31 Realistic Arita Tiger Head
A fierce tiger head in realistic Arita porcelain from Japan. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#32 French White Cat
Realistic openwork of a cat nestled in swirling ribbons. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#33 Burwood Borzoi Hound
An elegant Borzoi hound in molded burwood. A small cottage or dog house and trees are background elements. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#34 Arita Afghan Hound Head
Long-haired afghan hound head against the black Arita porcelain for this square button. (Update: This may be a collie dog, rather than an afghan). Est. selling price is $60-100.
#35 Purple Enamel Cat Head
Realistic cat head in fun purple enamel color. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#36 Verbal Lion’s Head Bimini Glass
A lion’s head in Bimini glass. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#37 Molded Horn Cat
Domestic cat molded in high relief on horn with original paint finish. Pick-mark back with inserted shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#38 Ivoroid Putti & Lion
A rare design among Victorian ivoroid, the celluloid figural is framed in brass with a japanned sheet-iron back. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#39 Glass-Eyed Cat
A green glass-eyed cat with repoussé design from the studio of the late Faith Strobel. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#40 Balinese Cat
Oval studio porcelain with pretty, handpainted Balinese cat. Signed and dated. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#41 Cat and the Blues
A blue quartet including a moonglow cat face glass, a multi-paste jewel in white metal, a Div. I black glass in metal with iridescent finish, and a modern glass with molded beaded design surface. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#42 Porcelain Fable Duo
Two 19th century porcelain fable transfer designs including the wolf & lamb, and the fox & crow. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#43 Bakelite Dog Head
Butterscotch bakelite dog’s head mounted on a bakelite disc. Sepia tint and a glass eye. Shown in Epstein and Safro’s book “Buttons,” p. 159. Wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#44 Aluminum Couture Fish
Gilded aluminum fish, crafted in France in the late 1940s, by Font Guillot for the fashion industry from unused war machinery. See examples of this in Loic Allio’s book, “A Button Odyssey.” This type of fish is often found as a classic spouter fountain. Cast self shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#45 Dog Head Milk Glass
A winsome whippet dog head in brass on white glass with brass rim. Pad shank reverse. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#46 Shell Horseshoe
Large carved iridescent shell horse shoe. Four hole sew thru. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#47 Bangeman Shell Bison
Unusual subject matter expertly carved by Herman Bangeman in dark shell. Reverse signed and dated H.B. ‘03. Brass shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#48 Gilt Embellished Shell
A medium center trellis design within a rococo border embellished with turquoise pierreries. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#49 Dog Duo
Two greyhounds leap through hoops on these two brass buttons, one with original tint. (Updated from catalog description.) Est. selling price is $30-60.
#50 French Boar Sporting
Quality silvered brass sporting showing a boar and a belted border referencing a French hunting rally RALLYE GUILBAUDON. Heavy brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#51 Sporting Dogs Duo
The same design of a seated pair of hunting hounds in two different materials: pressed horn, and tinned sheet metal. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#52 Horseshoe Handkerchief Corners
Medium size lucky brass horseshoe with handkerchief corners. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#53 18th-C Copper Hunter
A large silvered copper button elaborately hand-engraved with a hunter firing his long gun. Touches of gilding highlight the surface. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#54 18th-C Battersea Enamel
A superb transfer printed enamel in soft brown, probably Battersea, 1753-1756. Finely set in a gilt mounting. The unusual shank of two crossed gilded copper wires imitates the catgut shanks of wood or bone back buttons of the early-mid 18th century. Reference BBB PL 12, #13-16. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#55 Polar Bear Sporting
Brass sporting featuring a polar bear on an ice floe, a harder animal to find. Backmarked WADHAMS & CO SUPERFINE. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#56 Gilded Jeweled Sunflowers
Faceted black glass centers emphasize these showy sunflowers in gilt brass. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#57 Amber Gay 90s
Center amber glass jewel set in an attractive and elaborate mount. Embellished with four groups of three and four singular saffron yellow pastes. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#58 Stag Handkerchief Corners
High relief stag head applied to a textured back for this handkerchief corners button with hand engraved detail. Reverse shows brass loop shank and evidence of former buckle attachment. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#59 18th-C Star Engraved Copper
This handwrought 18th century copper with lovely detail features an eight point star design with silvered outline. Heavy copper loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#60 Gutta Percha Floral
Gutta Percha with relief floral design. Mounted in dark tinted decorated brass rim. Japanned reverse with brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#61 Early 5-Hole Bone
Early five hole bone pants button from the late 18th or early 19th century. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#62 Paisley Lacy
Lovely clear lacy glass with large paisley incised with gold and touches of red and blue paint. Original backpaint with some touch-up on either side of 12:00. Brass hump shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#63 Huguenin Poultry
A rooster stands sentinel over his hen as a hawk flies overhead on this large white metal from the Huguenin Medailleurs of Switzerland. The button is signed HUGUENIN along the lower front edge. Huguenin buttons were imported from Switzerland in the 1960s, made from old medal die engravings from the watch-case maker and medallieur enterprise of brothers Fritz and Albert Huguenin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#64 Petoskey Thistle
Studio sew-thru of carved Petoskey stone. Signed and dated. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#65 Ladybug on Wood
Brass escutcheon featuring a ladybug atop a spindle shape embraced by a delicate floral bouquet is mounted on wood. Flat brass loop shank and plate. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#66 Arita Birds
Two medium Arita porcelain birds, including a parrot, on matte black ground. Self shanks. One retains an original paper label marked JAPAN. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#67 Feeding the Birds Watch Crystal
A rare and large pictorial watch crystal button from the late 19th century featuring a printed paper cutout under the crystal depicting a woman feeding the birds. Similar buttons are shown BBB PL 38 #1, and #3 on the opposite page. Another watch crystal from this set is in Lot #237. Lacquered metal reverse with wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#68 Bird and Mt. Fuji Satsuma
A colorful long-tailed pheasant stands amidst flowering shrubbery and atop a rocky promontory next to rushing water. Mt. Fuji can be seen in the background on this old gold-rimmed satsuma from Japan. Inkan stamp on the reverse. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#69 18th-C Featherwork
A bird made of real feathers perches in shrubbery made of dried seaweed and seeds (one loose seed). Gilded copper rim, tinned sheet-iron back. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#70 Arita Bird Duo
A diamond and square shaped black Arita porcelain buttons featuring a duck in flight and a yellow bird. Both backmarked and with self shanks. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#71 Realistic Ceramic Turkey
A ceramic chubby turkey realistically shaped and decorated in four colors by studio artist Shirley Shaw. Signed and dated on the reverse “Shirley 84.” Est. selling price is $30-60.
#72 Chrysanthemums and Bamboo
A medium and a large Satsuma featuring attractive botanical designs including a linear shaped bamboo and chrysanthemums against a trellis. Self shanks. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#73 Celluloid Background Satin Jewel
This complex and wonderful button features a bezel mounted satin glass cabochon on an intricate design of arched wire fronds over a green celluloid background. Gilded reverse with wire loop shank. I can almost see a glowing firefly in the design. Can you? Est. selling price is $200-400.
#74 Gin Bari Enamel
An exuberant peony in gin bari enamel with fine cloisonné work. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#75 Painted Turkeys in Bidri
This extra-large oval button features a couple of turkeys in a field painted on vegetable ivory and mounted in bidri. Heavy loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#76 Small Lacy Glass Group
A scarce Div. I clear lacy glass in the realistic shape of a leaf. Lovely iridescent luster finish. One wee chip on a leaf tip. AND four small Div. I lacy glass, three with gold and amber colors and one with a triple paisley design and blue back color. Brass shanks. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#77 Square of Wood Beads and Steels
An unusual square button comprised of a 6×6 grid of small wood beads with cut steel centers applied to an openwork metal mount. One wooden bead has a chip. Wire U shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#78 18th-C Monogrammed Silver
A large silver from the mid to late 18th century engraved with the initials E W in elegant scroll. Reverse shows maker’s mark TW and assay stamps. Heavy loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#79 Pearl Thistle
Engraved and pierced pearl thistle design from Bethlehem with original label on the reverse. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#80 Small Steel Insect
Individually riveted steel jewels in various shapes and sizes comprise this delightful insect design. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#81 Repoussé Silver & Enamel Peony
A Japanese repoussé silver and enamel button features an orange peony blossom, lavender bud and light green foliage. Elongated loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#82 18th-C Three Material
An engraved tulip on the center mother-of-pearl disc is framed by a steel border studded with cut steels and rimmed with copper. Steel reverse with copper shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#83 Plique A Jour Lily
A fabulous large button of plique a jour enamel fired into hand-tooled, gilded metalwork. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#84 18th-C Copper Mourning
A woman and a little dog mourn their loved one on this fabulous 18th century copper with blue painted background. The woman leans against the flower basket topped pedestal while the dog is curled at its base. Copper shank. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#85 Enamel Trio
Two gentlemen and a lady are the features of these three emaux peints enamels with dotted turquoise enamel borders. On copper with copper wire shanks. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#86 18th-C Gilt Repoussé
Lovely conventional design with inner heart border for this gilt repoussé over bone. Original catgut threaded shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#87 Marcasite Jewel
A beautiful openwork silver button set with silver faceted marcasites, a center green paste jewel and six pink paste jewels. Assay mark on the shank and a diamond shaped mark on the reverse. Silver wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#88 Basketful of French Knot Flowers
Embroidered pink French knot roses fill a brass urn on this fabric backed brass cup design under an acrylic shield. From the studio of Faith Strobel. Brass shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#89 Peacock Eye Jewel with Pastes
Fabulous peacock eye jewel with center domed cabochon in a double bordered gilt mount. Glittering pastes stud the outer border and a coiled wire encircles the jewel. Elongated wire shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#90 Arts & Crafts Silver
Hallmarked (Birmingham, 1903) and signed (William Hutton & Sons), an Arts & Crafts enameled sterling silver in an Art Nouveau design. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#91 Shamrock and Crown Livery
A Tudor crown and shamrock on this silvered two-piece brass livery. Backmarked PITT & CO. 31. MADDOX ST. LONDON.W. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#92 Royal Couple Glove Button
Alexandra of Denmark and Edward VII reigned as Queen Empress and King of the United Kingdom after the death of Queen Victoria. Here’s a portrait on celluloid of the royal couple for this glove button. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#93 18th-C King & Constitution
Gilded copper button from Ireland, backmarked by the Dublin manufacturers LLOYD AND RIDLEY. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#94 Queen Victoria Scarce Stud Backtype
Portrait of Queen Victoria on celluloid, from her official Diamond Jubilee portrait of 1897, is rimmed and mounted on brass with a spring-loaded stud attachment. Reverse backmark includes a signature and rising sun face, along with patent numbers on the stud. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#95 Victoria Glove
A portrait of Queen Victoria chromolithographed on celluloid in a lady’s glove button. The portrait is similar to the Queen’s portrait published for her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Typical glove button bar shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#96 Cowrie Shell Cameo
Helmeted head of a classic warrior cameo carved in cowrie shell. Brass shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#97 Rare Goodyear Inlay
Goodyear rubber button inlaid with six stripes of pearl. Shown in the book “Goodyear Rubber Buttons” by James W. Hall on pages 118-119. Backmark N.R.CO. GOODYEAR’S P=T. 1851. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#98 18th-C Allegory of Honor
En grisaille painting of a laurel-wreathed hero, worked on paper with dark red painted background. Gilded copper rim and back. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#99 18th-C Agate
Milky undulations and tiny red speckles in this agate from the 18th century. Gilt copper rim and tinned iron back. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#100 Small Rampant Lion Turned Corners
A rampant lion with shield decorates the face of this handkerchief corners button in small size. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#101 Glass Head Waistcoat Trio
Three glass mounted brass rimmed waistcoat buttons with classic heads include a reverse molded, a brass escutcheon, and a faux jasperware. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#102 Glass Minerva on Metal
Beautifully molded head of Minerva in caramel glass with incised detail. Softly colored paint finishes in blue, red and sepia. Mounted on a darkened steel back in a japanned metal mount. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#103 Rare Henry Clay Political
A profile bust and HENRY CLAY 1845 in raised letters against a fine undulating lined background on a two-piece gilt political with floral garland border design. Albert’s PC 206A. Another version shown BBB PL 296 #13. Clay was the unsuccessful Whig presidential candidate in the election campaign of 1844 against Polk. Backmarked SCOVILLS & CO, SUPERFINE in raised lettering in a recessed ring. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#104 Washington Silhouette Ceramic
Large porcelain decorated with silhouette transfer of George Washington’s profile. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#105 Nut Tree Boy Enamel Duo
The endearing Nut Tree Boy emaux peints enamel in a medium and small size. Foil flecks are embedded in his jacket and breeches and a gilt rococo border frames the scene. Shown BBB PL 14 #8. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#106 Pelican in Wood
Carved in relief with engraved detail, a fine feathered pelican depiction on this bone set in wood. California state show button. Backmarked CSBS 2006 in engraved inlaid bone. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#107 Brass Sail & Anchor Scene
An interesting marine scene fills the button “porthole” on this one piece brass with a closeup of a sail, rigging and anchor as birds fly over the ocean waves. Brass U shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#108 Paste and Steel Star
Steel jewels, steel shapes and pastes decorate this star design on an openwork mount. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#109 Musical Lyre Passementerie
An embroidered, sequined and passementerie 19th century button of a musical lyre. The cream and blue colors are comprised of finely embroidered wales on the underlying coarse brown linen fabric gathered on the reverse. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#110 Enameled Liberty Silver Ship
A scarce Liberty of London sterling silver button of a ship with orange enamel. Hallmarked on the reverse for Liberty with Birmingham city marks, date mark for 1902, and CYMRIC. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#111 Delft Porcelain Sailing Ship
Scalloped Delft ware from Holland with a sailing ship scene. Backmarked “Delft Holland” on the glazed reverse with self shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#112 Vitrolite Glass Sailboat
Extra large glass sailboat with racing numbers by Lionel Nichols. See reference in the new “Clear and Colored Glass” book, by Howells and Chrowl, pg. 44. This type of button was made from 1946-1966 from a type of glass called vitrolite, which has the appearance of ceramic. Each piece was worked separately. Applied brass plate shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#113 Scrimshaw Sailing Ship
A fine scrimshaw button of an engraved and pigmented three-masted ship. The reverse is engraved in script “Ship Red Jacket, Built Rockland Me 1853.” Inserted brass shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#114 Military Tribute
Large brass of a woman’s head in military uniform, applied to a brass background of small stars and larger pierced star. Metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#115 Enamel Swordfish on Copper
Enamel swordfish applied to a square copper plate and mounted in brass with a rope border design. Brass plate and shank on the reverse hold the escutcheon. Paper label with “Santa Catalina Island.” Est. selling price is $60-100.
#116 Working Compasses Duo
Two medium size working compasses. One is set under glass in cast white metal. The other is set under acrylic in a rubber or composition mount. The first has a cast U shank. The other has a brass plate and loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#117 Caravel
One-piece pierced brass titled “Caravel”, depicting a ship with full sail under a steel star embellishment and a sky with crescent moon, birds in flight, and a hot air balloon. Shown BBB PL 241 #7. Brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#118 The Big Wave Habitat
A fabulous collaboration from the creative studios of Janet White and Elizabeth Mott. An enamel wave is mounted on maple with a glass-covered habitat well filled with Japanese star sand, cotton hand knotted net, starfish, and apatite beads. Artist decorated card included. Limited edition #8/10. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#119 Ouch! A Boy and a Crab
This young Victorian era boy, in sailor’s hat and breeches, had his beach day jarred with the claws of a crab. The gilt and silvered figure is mounted on richly grained wood. Brass plate and shank on the reverse. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#120 M/D Cameo Carved Ships
A small and medium mother/daughter pair in cameo carved shell features a sailing ship with figure and a lighthouse on the distant shore. Est. selling price is $10-30.
#121 Floral Lacy Glass
Backpaint colors in green, red and black with added gold and silver luster on the molded surface design renders a richness to this Victorian lacy glass. Fully intact reverse paint. Brass four-way shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#122 Carved Pearl Peacock
Brilliant iridescence for this carved pearl peacock with every feather engraved. Applied shank with elongated loop. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#123 French Couture Penguin
Large French ceramic penguin created for the French fashion industry. Self shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#124 Peacock Eye Jewel over Velvet
Beautiful peacock eye jewel surrounded by cut steel jewels over a black velvet background. Silvered metal mount with wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#125 Tunbridge Turnery
Six parquetry wood buttons made in 1960 by E. E. Brown of California utilizing a lost art technique called Tunbridge Turnery. Applied metal shanks. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#126 Silver Overlay Caramel Glass
Large Div. I caramel glass decorated with an intricate floral design of electroplated silver overlay. Note that the silver deposit continues on the reverse all the way across and either side of the brass shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#127 Deluxe Enamel
A gorgeous black enamel with turquoise and gold foil pallions, and red and white pierierres for this radial design. Gilt reverse with metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#128 Motiwala Golden Peacock in Glass
This large stunning button features a peacock, hand-cut from a thin 24K gold sheet pressed into heat-softened green glass and then rimmed in silver. A rare Motiwala button. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#129 Neoclassical Jasperware
A graceful urn of flowers with swags, modeled in Continental jasperware set in hallmarked silver (marked on the loop shank). Note the two insects holding up the swags. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#130 Russian Enamel
Large kidney-shaped enamel of Russian origin, hand-decorated with a pansy, rose, and buds. Intricate silver filigree mount with flat silver wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#131 Zeus and the Eagle Wedgwood
Wedgwood blue and white jasperware ceramic featuring the mythological god Zeus feeding a large eagle. Backmarked WEDGWOOD 1951. Self shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#132 Featherwork Egret
Elegant and graphic large button with the white featherwork bird under glass and set in sterling. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#133 Plique a Jour with Pastes
A scarce Div. I plique a jour enamel with transparent blue enamel filling the openwork between the paste-mounted metal. Loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#134 Shell Grapes Bunch Inlay
An inlay of abalone depicts a bunch of grapes on this dark shell with engraved detail. Swaged-in brass shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#135 Dimi Group
Five diminutive buttons include a china whistle, a champlevé floral enamel, a glass in metal jewel with paste border, a black glass head of a lion, and milifiori glass on glass. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#136 Dimi Peacock Eye
A scarce diminutive oval shaped Div. I glass peacock eye. The inner foil backing creates the beautiful iridescent glow. Four-way brass shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#137 French White Rooster with Pastes
Large French white metal in an openwork design of a rooster embellished with paste jewels. Feathers form a linear pictorial border. Metal wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#138 Lavender Jewel
A lavender glass jewel centers this large silvered brass design with multiple borders including stylized flowers and an outer border of tiny acanthus leaves. Tinned steel reverse. Original shank was reinforced with a hefty dose of solder at one point in its history. Est. selling price is $10-30.
#139 Rose Centered Jewel
Vintage button with a lacy openwork five-petal base mounted with six rose pink glass jewels and a center metal rosebud. Small wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
