Button, Button - Don't You Love These Buttons?!

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I'll be adding more favorites with stories as I get them photographed!!

Bear Crest ~ Verbal

Cannot recall where I got this one, but it's a favorite (aren't they all?) - I'm wondering if anyone can identify the Maker's initial(s?) on the back - Also would love to know about the whatchamacallit behind the bear - Is it a Standard? Is it a Banner? Are those two things one & the same? Mind Fog.

Pewter Coin Types??

Two Great pewter buttons that have a similar device - Are they Coin types? Are they as old as the date on one claims? There were a few (the one on the right) tied with old string, and the Lions have small differences... most likely from the die being used a lot.

The buttons have the same back, with mold mark & drilled loop. All are flat and fairly heavy. Left one measures 1 & 1/16" - Right measures 1".

If you know anything about these buttons, or about the design, I sure would love to hear from you!!

Old Satsuma

Bought at an auction of Dorothy Foster Brown's Button Collection - 1980's - at Douglas Auctions in Deerfield, MA.

There are 35 Butterflies - All have a lot of applied gold detailing which is hard to see in my photos. Measures 1 7/8" across - Oldest type of shank seems to have been fiddled with (probably to be able to put the pipe cleaner thru!) but is strong.

I have it mounted in a small frame & hanging where I can always see it.

This button made me remember something I'd heard regarding "100 Butterflies" - Couldn't think of when or what, so Googled it - took some time to get the right word combination, but this is [finally!] what I found:

An ancient Chinese story of two young people who fall in love, but who come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The wealthy girl's family does not want her to marry her lover, who comes from a poor family. Nothing can stop their love, and so the lovers together turn into two butterflies. They find a beautiful peony garden and have many children together, and have a happy life full of love.

Vermont Militia

Manufactured by Aaron M Peasley circa 1820

Perfect condition! Found at a tiny antique shop - Seven on the small card!

Bought one, to keep, and two that I sold.

The workmanship is astounding - beautiful details, even at this old age!

Golden Age

This was manufactured by Joseph Mann - He was listed as a button maker - in Birmingham, England - in 1805, and continued to 1843. McGuinn states that Mann made buttons for A.W. Spies and possibly for T. Potts.

Was his main manufacture in Golden Age buttons? I have seen a couple of military buttons, in Tice's books, produced by Mann.

This was given to me by an old family friend (who immigrated from England after WW2)... I like being able to show it off, as it's in Mint condition! The photo on the left shows the detail of the chasing, but the color is that of the other two photos. The button measures 1/2". And, the gilding is rosy gold, as seen in the photo of the back!

King Frederik VI of Denmark

Frederick VI (Born in Christiansborg, 28 January 1768 – Died in Amalienborg, 3 December 1839) reigned as King of Denmark from 1808 to 1839, and as king of Norway from 1808 to 1814. He also served as Regent of Denmark from 1784 to 1808 under his father's name, just like his British cousin The Prince of Wales, later King George IV. His mother, Queen Caroline Mathilde, was a sister of King George III of the United Kingdom.

On Front: FR. VI.   REX DANIAE

Backmark: * BESTE * QUALITAET

This button also measures 1/2", and the wedge shank is lovely!

Loads of pix, to "show off" every angle!

Thank you for looking! Check back every so often to see if there's anything new!

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