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BYSON BUTTONS

Metal
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Unusual Metal buttons:
-Arts and Crafts metal with glass in bezel setting
-Odd screen back with beads and a jewel

Two Battersea pewter buttons:
- Florida show button with old race car and racing flags
- Momma and baby bear: "Season's Greetings"

Claw-like floral button

Japanese Damascene Buttons, all backmarked:
- fans, flowers, birds & buildings

A Group of Buttons of Different Metals:
- Octagonal Copper with a stamped floral design
- Arts & Crafts 2-piece white metal design with a copper loop shank
- Moon Face, Arts & Crafts style thick hand-made white metal, from the Houart collection, France
- Three Clover, Arts & Crafts style thick hand-made white metal

Turquoise Glass in Heavy White Metal Indian (?) button

Tray of Aluminum Buttons:
- rose, grecians, Cyrano, peanut, Ace of hearts, accordian player,
Men in chariots, parrot, a rose, Man on the Moon, cherries and more

Aluminum Buttons - Scan A

Tray of Assorted Copper Buttons

Trays of Golden Age & Early Gilt buttons

Early Gilt Watch Case buttons - Scan 1

Early Gilt & Golden Age buttons - Scan 2

Early Gilt & Golden Age buttons - Scan 3

These are detailed one & two-piece early gilt & Golden Age buttons
with great floral, geometric and other designs.
They all have loop shanks.
Buttons like these date between c.1830's - 1850's.
Ruler at bottom of each scan for measuring.

Tray of Assorted Glove Buttons