Friday, March 28, 2014

Multiple Post Office Buttons

Buffum collection, inventory #74

Purchased February 14, 2014 Placerville, CA. Came with charmstring poem written by seller, original cloth bag the buttons were found in. Lost was the original tag indicating that the buttons had belonged to Mimi Stroh, but a photo of the card, bag and poem was included. Buttons were restring by seller as string had broken. String of 178 buttons, most in nearly pristine condition. Touch button is a brass woman with cherub. Buttons include brass conventionals, brass crane with original green tint, china sew thrus, china bullseyes, vegetable ivory, black glass with iridescent color, pigeon eyes, cuff size Railway POD brass buttons, early general service button no bm, matte black glass ball, metal sew thru, diamond-shaped black glass, assorted waistcoats, calico sew thru, black glass sew thru with goldstone, MOP, china ringers, charmstring glass, brass ball, black glass ball with green swirls, ivoroids, large brass with white glass dot center, small brass picture buttons, oblong black glass, metal with celluloid inset, small square pierced brass, ruby glass oval, white metal, clambroth glass, small brass Egyptian head, white glass, MOP inset in composition grapes, hard rubber, composition whistle, etched MOP sew thru, dyed vegetable ivory.



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