#21: String of 156 buttons. Third of five charm strings purchased from a Florida dealer that originated from a Rhode Island Estate. String was purchased December 12, 2005. Touch button is– extra large brass button with scroll and flowers with steel centers. Buttons of interest– large brass with bamboo at one side, composition, brass, clear glass ball, mottled vegetable ivory, black glass quilt star, brass with two-tone green paint, chunky clear glass, ruffled red-tint steel, chinas, N.R. Co. Goodyear rubber rose, large composition with big abalone flakes, small white metal signpost pictorial, waistcoat, black glass with iridescent luster, pierced brass ball, Dickinson Hard Rubber Company (D.H.R. Co.) self shank, metals, glass, brass, vegetable ivory, composition, black metal pictorial house with tower and bridge.
#22: String of 156. Fourth of five charm strings purchased from a Florida dealer that originated from a Rhode Island Estate. String was purchased December 12, 2005. Touch button is– large brass with fierce lion head escutcheon. Buttons of interest– vegetable ivory sew thrus, black glass with silver luster, brass, chinas, clear glass, small brass with celluloid, clear glass acorn self shank, brass with green faceted glass inset, vegetable ivory whistles, large composition with big abalone flakes and gold flecks, large white glass with pearly paint that flakes, DUG, ruby glass, black glass, N.R. Co. Goodyear rubbers, delicate stamped steel, waistcoats, composition, red-dyed horn whistle, extra large drum with target top and white glass inset, brass with glass insets, pewter with triangle design, large brass oval, small brass with paisley pattern celluloid inset, small caramel Victorian glass dome with red and blue flowers, small pictorials.
#23: String of 156 buttons. Fifth of five strings purchased from a Florida dealer that originated from a Rhode Island Estate. String was purchased December 12, 2005. Touch button is large round milk glass disk Victorian with 4-way inset shank and molded design. Buttons of interest– many duplicates of buttons on previous four strings are found on this string as well. Buttons include composition, rubber, vegetable ivory sew thru and whistle, horn, black glass, black glass with luster, clear glass, ruby glass, brass, white metal, pictorials, chinas, waistcoat, brass with glass insets, chunky clear glass with sew thru shanks, black glass with molded designs, black glass with gold outlined designs, mottled vegetable ivory, composition with abalone flecks.
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