String of 344 buttons purchased February 14, 2014 Port Saint Lucie, FL. The string had broken into three sections, and two additional sections with newer celluloid tight tops and plastic buttons were included. The older sections of the string were double cotton string. The string was fragile. Buttons could not be restrung on the original string, so were cleaned and restrung on waxed linen cord. On February 22, 2014. The string is comprised of antique and vintage buttons and vintage glass beads. This string of buttons has 9 intact kaleidoscope buttons. There were an additional 7 kaleidoscope base shanks removed from the string that had lost their glass tops. These tops were not with the string any longer. One kaleidoscope top came off during shipping and was re-glued to its correct base. Three original charmstring glass buttons were not restrung on this charmstring. Two identical molded purple glass charmstring buttons were kept aside as one is perfect while the other shows flashing from the molding process around one edge were glass seeped out of the mold and was not sanded or cut away. The other is a modified red glass cone with an applied white tip that has a flat back and a loop shank embedded at the top possibly to be used as trim on a garment.
Touch button is a large brass with molded white glass pinwheel pattern center with black paint on the spokes of the pinwheel. Other buttons included a heavy large faceted amber glass button, 3 veil buttons, red velvet ball button, heavy large matte black glass ball button, assorted sizes and styles of black glass buttons, numerous glass radiants with assorted colors on back, many types of charmstring glass in blue, turquoise, green, red, amber in diminutive to small sizes, glass set in metal, design under glass, assorted chinas in black, white, green, blue, orange, brown, green and pink, clear glass, brass, Golden Age bm Wadham & Coe EXTRA RICH, early 1-piece plated infantry eagle with shield with ’I’ in center coat button with A W Spies bm (Albert’s bicentenntial edition, pg 36, #79 C3), 1 small, 2 diminutive china birdcage shank buttons, hard rubber, crackle glass set in metal, small horn raised female profile, shoe buttons, assorted colored glass beads (turquoise, white, amber, black), flat square white glass button, assorted waistcoat buttons, black glass fly, embossed vegetable ivory, pierced vegetable ivory, black glass with speckled color and goldstone, large big swirlback blue base with clear glass dome and goldstone swirl inside, brass coventionals, assorted ball buttons
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