Buttons (collecting)

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<nowiki>collezionismo di bottoni; ボタン収集; Филобутонистика; 纽扣收藏; button collecting; Filobutonistyka; sběratelství knoflíků; coleccionismo de botones; collecting of various types of buttons; sběratelství zaměřené na knoflíky; sbírání knoflíků</nowiki>
button collecting 
collecting of various types of buttons
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Deutsch: Knöpfe sammeln
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English: button collecting
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Buttons by material composition

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Natural materials

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animal-derived

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  • Buttons made from horn.
    Buttons made from horn.

plant-derived

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rocks & minerals (or mineral-derived)

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earthenware, jasperware & porcelain (or semiporcelain)
glass
  • Vintage green glass buttons
    Vintage green glass buttons
  • White glass self-shanked pictorial woodpecker button
    White glass self-shanked pictorial woodpecker button
  • Spanish metal button with shank, ca 1650-1675 (12mm diameter)
    Spanish metal button with shank, ca 1650-1675 (12mm diameter)
  • Vintage metal button
    Vintage metal button
  • New Zealand Royal Air Force pre-1953 brass backmarked buttons
    New Zealand Royal Air Force pre-1953 brass backmarked buttons

Synthetic materials

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Synthetic polymers

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  • Pre-1953 RAAF galalith or 'casein' buttons.
    Pre-1953 RAAF galalith or 'casein' buttons.
  • modern Australian Military Forces sew-throughs made of phenolic resin, used 1918-1950s.
    modern Australian Military Forces sew-throughs made of phenolic resin, used 1918-1950s.

multi-material buttons

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  • Wedgewood jasperware button with M.Boulton cut steels, Britain, ca.1760, depicting a merfamily (courtesy of Northeast Regional Button Association).
    Wedgewood jasperware button with M.Boulton cut steels, Britain, ca.1760, depicting a merfamily (courtesy of Northeast Regional Button Association).

Painted buttons

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  • Agostino Brunias - West Indian Scene 1, c. 1795
    Agostino Brunias - West Indian Scene 1, c. 1795
  • Agostino Brunias - West Indian Scene 2, c. 1795
    Agostino Brunias - West Indian Scene 2, c. 1795
  • Unknown artist, gilt copper, watercolor on ivory
    Unknown artist, gilt copper, watercolor on ivory

Buttons by construction

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Styles of attachment

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  • Curved wedge shank
    Curved wedge shank
  • 2-hole sew-through
    2-hole sew-through
  • 3-hole sew-through
    3-hole sew-through
  • 4-hole sew-throughs
    4-hole sew-throughs

'Verbal' buttons with a commercial or official function

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Uniform buttons

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Military

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  • New Zealand Royal Air Force pre-1953 brass backmarked buttons with King's crown
    New Zealand Royal Air Force pre-1953 brass backmarked buttons with King's crown
  • Modern (late 20th c.) Australian Military Forces phenolic resin sew-throughs
    Modern (late 20th c.) Australian Military Forces phenolic resin sew-throughs

Tailor's buttons

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  • Vinage tailor's button from Brownell's of Hobart, Tasmania
    Vinage tailor's button from Brownell's of Hobart, Tasmania
  • Vintage tailor's button from Queen Victoria Bldg, Sydney
    Vintage tailor's button from Queen Victoria Bldg, Sydney

Multiple button type displays

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  • Informal (non-competitive) Australian button collection display
    Informal (non-competitive) Australian button collection display

See also

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