String of 225 buttons strung by an 80-year old woman. Purchased summer 2004. Buttons if interest– Touch button is large brass Teddy Roosevelt bear button, numerous small brass picture buttons including fox and grapes, woman at window with bird, Elizer at the Well, beehive, Egyptian buildings, castles, fantastic beasts, windmill, mills, stag head, Fop, alpine climber, The Kill, other pictorials including metal owl with original purple tint, metal and brass Lion of Lucerne, birds, woodcocks on tree trunk, cherub walking with lion, In the Doghouse, Oriental, elaborate hinge with padlock, black glass, brass openwork– a wonderful string with nice variety of small pictorials.
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