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| Monday, February 06, 2012
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Micheline Gravel's Buttons
A Collection of Micheline's buttons!
1. These are French painted casein buttons from the 1930s 40s era.
2. Diminutive & small glass swirl inlay
3. A group of colorful diminutive painted glass buttons....
4. Thistle -- designed and painted by Edith and Alan J. Brooks (England). Highly prized by collectors!
5. Small Satsuma button - from the 1940s era
6. Fabric button: Collectors refer to this type of button as "Gone with the Wind" - mainly because they were produced during the Civil War era. This one depicts a bird -- figural Gone with the Wind type buttons are not easy to find!
7. 3 antique metal buttons - with cut steel embellishment.
8. Pair of hand painted porcelain stud buttons - from early 20th century.
9. Large Celluloid background
10. Pretty diminutive painted enamels
11. Pretty Large Brass Victorian - hand
12. Small brass and cut steel border - centre is painted enaml black & white of Mom bird feeding chicks.
13. Who says modern buttons can't be pretty? This one is modern, and gorgeous! painted metal with paste finish.
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| Ottawa Valley Button Club
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