Buttons (collecting)
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Buttons by material composition [edit]
Natural materials [edit]
animal-derived [edit]
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Buttons made from horn.
plant-derived [edit]
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Sew-through buttons made of coconut shell
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3-hole buttons made of vegetable ivory
rocks & minerals (or mineral-derived) [edit]
- earthenware, jasperware & porcelain (or semiporcelain)
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A modern Satsuma ware pictorial button depicting a rooster. (courtesy of Peach State Button Club)
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Painted porcelain 'realistic' bass fish
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Arita ware 'realistic' seahorse button
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Birchroft China button with transfer design
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Jasperware button
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Vintage green glass buttons
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White glass self-shanked pictorial woodpecker button
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Spanish metal button with shank, ca 1650-1675 (12mm diameter)
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Vintage metal button
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New Zealand Royal Air Force pre-1953 brass backmarked buttons
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Synthetic materials [edit]
Synthetic polymers [edit]
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modern Australian Military Forces sew-throughs made of phenolic resin, used 1918-1950s.
multi-material buttons [edit]
Buttons by construction [edit]
Styles of attachment [edit]
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Curved wedge shank
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2-hole sew-through
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3-hole sew-through
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4-hole sew-throughs
'Verbal' buttons with a commercial or official function [edit]
Uniform buttons [edit]
Military [edit]
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New Zealand Royal Air Force pre-1953 brass backmarked buttons with King's crown
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Modern (late 20th c.) Australian Military Forces phenolic resin sew-throughs
Tailor's buttons [edit]
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Vinage tailor's button from Brownell's of Hobart, Tasmania
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Vintage tailor's button from Queen Victoria Bldg, Sydney
Multiple button type displays [edit]
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Informal (non-competitive) Australian button collection display
