St. Bernard Lithograph

Buffum Collection, Inventory Number 87

A string of approximately 315 antique and vintage buttons tied in a loop purchased May 15, 2015 Wichita, KS. The buttons are mostly small to diminutive in size but there are some medium and a couple large size buttons on the string as well. The touch button is a brass woman’s head followed by a green and cream celluloid set in brass, a Deknatel black glass castle button, a clambroth glass set in brass button, then white glass, black glass,  vegetable ivory ball, brass with black glass center, composition ball with silver inlay design, brass with celluloid insets, 2-3 different caramel Victorian glass buttons, small brass buttons with painted designs and cut steels, paperweights, carved MOP, original blue tint on brass, milk glass Jenny Lind waistcoat, faceted luster ball, precision inlay star-shaped mirror set in black glass, fabric set in brass, imitation fabric black glass spindle, Poppers in all shapes and colors, foil in glass, pink glass oval with white cameo head, waistcoats, charmstring glass, yellow and blue glass, dimi brass with paste, abalone, metal with black stripes, black glass with gold design, metal with abalone, multicolored molded glass, 7-8 small enamels, brass with four pastes inset, clear glass, lavender glass, MOP set in brass, painted brass, medium woven fabric in a stamped brass border, turquoise Victorian glass, reverse painted, brass ball, small brass picture button of chariot with self shank, Czech/Bohemian glass, metal with glass inset diamond shaped, spindle possibly Venetian glass?, Radiant, dewdrop, small paperweight with rose, prong set pastes in metal– 7 stones, glass cat eye with thin wire shank, tiny teddy bear eye with thin wire shank, dimi brass shaped, matte black glass, various tiny glass beads and metal charms including an anchor, yellow slag glass, molded glass in brass drum, 1904 metal teddy bear button with blue background, black glass with silver luster crescent moon, black cone with tip glass tip, enamel with roses with red pastes border, steel ball, white Victorian glass, glass set in brass,, black glass with enamel, white metal knot, brass with MOP inset, blue enamel spindle, brass with gold stone disk, black glass with blue luster, ruby glass with design, Aristocrat, milk glass dome, enameled hexagn with turquoise bead border, kaleidoscope with black and white design, brass coin button, small metals, small brass wth glass, large painted brass, lithograph of St Bernard dog head in gold drum.

Lady with Hat Kaleidoscope

Buffum Collection, Inventory # 86

String of approximately 398 buttons strung on pink cotton thread purchased May 15, 2015 from  Westfield, MA. This is the fourth of a number of charmstrings she found and purchased at Brimfield. I did not win the first one she offered but have purchased two others (CS83 and CS84). Touch button is a design under glass on metal. Buttons on this string consist of enamel on brass with wire mesh background in brass, enamel on brass with riveted cut steel border, large clambroth glass, large carved MOP,  XL brass floral pictorial, black glass pictorials, designs and conventionals in a variety of patterns and styles including etched, carved, embossed, molded, backmarked Dec 28, 1881 Deknatel black glass buttons, white, black, green and gray chinas, black glass with carnival and silver luster, small gilts with backmarks and without, small enamels on brass, small paint on brass, steel cups, steel buttons, brass with tinted inset, small black glass with white painted stars, brass with cut steels, pierced brass with riveted steels, dimi abalone button with turquoise glass dot, brass with celluloid background, trapazoid-shaped dark abalone with etched design, black possibly vegetable ivory acorn-shaped button, vegetable ivory ball button, pewter pictorial, metal figural fly button with blue painted wings, glass set in brass, black glass with goldstone faceted ball button, three assorted kaleidescopes, one with dimple top, the other two with sparkly inside picture, a medium sized kaleidoscope with a woman’s head and shoulders but glass is crackly obscuring her somewhat, chunky  cubic white glass swirlback, assorted charmstring glass, waistcoats, coronets, radiant, dewdrop, reverse painted clear glass, pressed glass, clear glass with molded back, milk glass, yellow glass, carved MOP with steels, china stencil sew thru, carved MOP sew thru, steel cups, black glass omega, medium stamped dyed horn, sew thru black dyed horn buttons, blued steel cup with brass helmeted heads, celluloid disk set in brass, dyed blue and red MOP, pewter bright, black glass spindles, oval dark abalone with steel flower escutcheon, yellow glass clamshell, pierced brass with shaped facted steels, brass anchor, matte black glass ball button with carved star pattern overall, lithograph in brass with cut steel border, gray with white coronet, orange and white china ringers, cut steel diamond shaped button with MOP oblong center with a faceted cut steel pin shank, very shiny goldstone disk set in brass, small brass and gilt buttons, large black sleeper with brown target, large slag or marbled glass, shell sew thrus, milk glass with black glass star at center, pin shank hard rubber, golden age monogram with Davies & Son London Hanover Street and stars backmark, paper classic head inset in metal floral border, colorful abalone set in metal, large original tint openwork brass with cut steels at opposite end of the string.

Deknatel

Glass set in metal, metal & paint fly, brass missing paint or enamel

Paper inset in metal

Enamel on mesh screen in brass, enamel on brass with cut steel border

Brass with paste inset

Black vegetable ivory acorn

Design under glass

Oval abalone w/steel center

Metal with celluloid inset, dimi abalone with turquoise glass at center

High-domed kaleidoscope with female  head (with hat!) and shoulders picture, Glass is crackled from beneath, behind is high arched steels on dyed shell and brass pictorial

Small Metal and Glass Beauties

Buffum collection, inventory # 85

String of 152 antique/vintage buttons purchased May 11, 2015 from Lincolnville, ME. Buttons are strung on a white cotton string. End button is a medium black glass with silver luster buckle button. Other buttons on the string include– black glass ball with white ringer top, pink glass et in brass with tin back, white metals, various black, white, blue and brown chinas in several sizes, white glass with brown slashes, white glass with birdcage shank, black glass pictorial basket with farm implements, patterned glass set in metal, clear glass with patterned reverse side, steels, clambroth glass, small gilt, gilt disk, vegetable ivory ball button, shell set in metal, clear with reverse painted charmstring glass, matte black glass, brass with cut out and steel liner, twinkle button, small vegetable ivory with pattern background and letter T in center, brass buttons with designs, tiny cat on dormer brass button, waistcoat with white glass disk inset, kaleidoscope, original tint red, original tint blue depicting grapes, black glass pictorial mill scene, medium black glass carnival luster castle, red glass with white dot charmstring, white metal cuff size motorman, stamped brass florals.