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
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Boutons coroso (1900)
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) archive copy
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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]
Painted buttons[edit]
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Agostino Brunias - West Indian Scene 1, c. 1795
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Agostino Brunias - West Indian Scene 2, c. 1795
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Unknown artist, gilt copper, watercolor on ivory
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
