Friday, May 23, 2014

A Recreation

Buffum collection, inventory #75



This string was strung by Susan Buffum on April 12, 2014 in Westfield, MA. It is comprised of better buttons from her collection. The touch button is a large brass button with a DUG center. There are approximately 315 buttons on the string. Buttons include  a brass watchcase hunt button of a stag with a backmark of SUPERIOR QUALITY EXTRA RICH), veil button, black glass, white glass, Golden Age and gilts, many assorted ball buttons some with color or goldstone swirls, many waistcoats with different glass centers in assorted colors and styles, silver thread wrapped glass ball, swirl backs, charmstring colored and clear glass, dewdrops, kaleidescopes, small enamel on brass, horn, hard rubber, bone, openwork brass, MOP with steels, black glass with silver luster, small brass female lion tamer, small brass harpy picture button, oval ruby glass sew thru, clambroth glass, china bullseyes, natural horn with fox head, Venetian glass, Popper with shaped top, glass set in metal, General Army service cuff button, peacock’s eye, black glass with blue fabric, coronets, oval enamel set in brass, Jenny Lind waistcoats, Jenny Lind not set in metal (white glass), original tint brass, black and white glass scenic waistcoat, painted glass, salt glazed glass, lithograph female head under celluloid. Brass with steels, plain chinas, chine with luster sew thru.




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