Vintage/antique stud button decorated in colourful champleve enamels, showing an Oriental style figure holding a fan (or a mirror?), with a boat in the background. Gilt metal back and stud type shank.

Size 15/16” (2.4 cm)

Another pretty picture button, this time of stamped and pierced brass, showing a winged fairy sniffing a tall flower. Image is well modelled with lots of detail. Probably French, late 19th or early 20th century. Metal loop shank. Whimsical them and very decorative. Price is per button

Size 1.1” (2.7 cm)

Small antique picture button, pressed silver-coloured metal, showing architectural columns (possibly ruins) among trees, under a canopy of stars and a moon. Two-part construction with gilt metal back and loop shank.

Size 11/16” (1.7 cm)

Vintage domed enamel button, decorated in champleve black and white enamel, in a spiral pattern. Slight damage to the end of the white arm (six o’clock position) but not very visible overall. The white enamel parts have a silvery basse taille pattern behind. White metal back and loop shank

Size 13/16” (2.1 cm)

Chunky white glass button with pinched sides and impressed stamped striped band down the centre. The button is covered in a pink/purple lustre glaze which has puddled in the depressed areas and left the glass white on raised parts. Thick copper lustre glaze on the back. Metal backplate and loop shank. Back stamped (faintly) MADE IN ENGLAND. Bimini type but no Bimini mark.

Size 1” (2.6 cm) long

Small vintage/antique button with a carved mother of pearl top, dyed blue, and claw-set in a metal border. Domed metal back and loop shank

Size 7/16” (1.1 cm)

Vintage blue glass buttons, probably from Murano, with patches of red and black inside the glass. Smooth back with self shank. Price is per button

Size 13/16” (2.1 cm)

Small, vintage, white metal button, molded in the shape of a fish. Metal loop shank

Size 7/16” (1.1 cm)

Charming antique picture button, showing a young girl seated in a garden. Looks as if she is seated on a stone seat and holding on to branches of a cherry blossom tree. Domed three-part backplate, stamped AP&CIE DEPOSE PARIS. A very pretty collectable.

Size 1.1” (2.7 cm)

Small antique waistcoat ball buttons with flattened top inset with a concave disc of smokey mother of pearl. The rest of the round button is I think bone, or possibly vegetable ivory/tagua nut. Small swaged in metal loop shank. An unusual combination and charming little buttons with some age to them. Price is per button

Size 7/16” (1.1 cm)

Clear glass studio button, domed shape, with blue and white flowers inside the glass. The flat back is slightly textured and a metal backplate and loop shank are attached. Very pretty.

Size 15/16” (2.4 cm)

Large antique metal button with incised image of an anchor. Copper tint to the front while the back is dull black. Looks like an “alpha” shank bent slightly to the left. A wonderful old button, possibly tombac or some kind of alloy. I have not attempted to clean it

Size 1.3” (3.3 cm)

Small purple glass buttons, domed shape, with swirls of pink, blue, and green as well as aventurine sprinkles inside the glass. Flat back with gilt metal rosette shank. Price is per button

Size 1/2” (1.2 cm)

Chunky red/brown translucent glass buttons, oval shape with stamped textured stripe highlighted in gold lustre. Flat back is also covered in gold lustre, which reflects light through the glass. Metal back plate and loop shank. Bimini type but no backmark. Price is per button. Gorgeous stylish vintage!

Size 7/8” (2.2 cm) long

Small antique button with stamped raised image of an Oriental style vase of flowers on a plinth. Popular Japonaiserie theme at the end of the 19th century. This one is two-part construction with a tunnel shank and back marked AP&Cie PARIS.

Size 9/16” (1.3 cm)

Set of 6 small, vintage, black glass buttons with a molded twisted rope design, highlighted in a coppery gold lustre. Self shank. Price is for the set of 6

Size 1/2” (1.2 cm)

Lovely vintage mother of pearl buttons, square shape, with incised curved lines in each corner creating a diamond centre. Silvery grey or smokey tone. Natural dark shell backs have a polished finish. Good heavy quality. Price is per button

Size 1.4” (3.6 cm) square or 1.8” (4.7 cm) diagonally