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.

Brimfield Find

Buffum collection, inventory# 84

String of approximately 228 vintage and antique buttons purchased April 21, 2015 o from Westfield, MA. String wasoriginally purchased at Brimfield Antiques Show. Buttons are on a thin, beige-colored cotton thread. But5tons consist of Victorian era metal picture buttons mainly botanicals, brass with original red tint botanical flowers growing near a rocky outcropping, small brass heart with flower vine, small black glass, waistcoats with clear red glass inset, green glass with goldstone inset, blue glass, white glass, brown glass with goldstone, small brass clover with cut steel center and twinkle background, gilt buttons, small brass button with white metal flower and cut steels, steel with escutcheon, clear glass with white dot at base, small flat gilt button with Orange Colour back mark, carved vegetable ivory, small stamped horn, small carved MOP with cut steels, embossed dyed horn, small blue, black and purple glass with white enamel stars at center in three clusters alone the string, shoe button, medium Jericho wall, black glass with silver luster, small black glass Deknatel design, black glass with gold luster ball, black glass imitation fabric ball, flat mirror, white metal, brass with fabric background, MOP set in metal (eight different strung in a row), brass pictorial Puck, medium black glass Deknatel, brass lily of the valley, black glass, large black glass Deknatel, black apple with an arrow piercing it, brass bell-shaped button with black glass center, reddish Goodyear domed hard rubber button, embossed dyed black horn, abalone, imitation fabric, large MOP set in brass, series of dyed horn buttons and N.R. Co hard rubber buttons, clambroth glass, faceted purple glass set in metal, faceted green glass ball, smooth pink glass ball, molded brown marbled glass, carved abalone, small brass bird on the wall, small domed celluloid set in metal, small black painted drum, metal drum with MOP center, large sew thru hard rubber with back mark Novelty Rubber Co. Goodyear’s Patent  1851 New York, white china with blue band ringer sew thru, pin shank MOP,  large black glass.

A Duo of Colonial Pearls

Buffum collection, inventory #83

String of approximately 258 antique and vintage buttons purchased April 10, 2015 from Westfield, MA. The buttons are on a thin beige-colored cotton thread.  The touch button is XL Victorian botanical pictorial. Buttons on this string include– brass Egyptian head pictorials in large and medium sizes, large riveted black glass with shiny geometrical pattern top, 2 different colonial pearls with pin shanks, large lacy glass set in metal,  two very delicate large openwork riveted black glass buttons, white glass disk, with brass bee escutcheon, large riveted steel, MOP set in japanned metal painted brass shaped button, vegetable ivory, brass with faceted steels, charmstring glass, waistcoats, composition, brass with original purple tint, oval black glass belt buckle, med black glass w/swirls on top, steel disks with brass escutcheons, brass with mirror back, bone underwear, plain fronted brass Navy  with reverse having left facing eagle with anchor in shield under left wing (Albert’s 75B, pg. 96), shaped black glass w/gold outlining, shoe button, blue mirrored disks (2 sizes), radiant, salted top over white glass base, natural horn w/MOP inlay, small black glass conventionals, 2 black glass gecko pictorials, ivory with etching and MOP inlay-unusual shape, cobalt glass with gold spindle shaped, hard rubber no backmark, MOP, openwork steel with turquoise stone, kaleidoscope, white glass, oval black glass with anchor, intaglio head, glass ball with pin shank, small brass with MOP background and hot air balloon, clear glass with foil and blue glass, red swirl back jellybean, horn heads, pinshanked bone, large horn bird, fish scale, large drum with MOP under glass back marked Parfait Paris, tole-painted, abalone set in brass with pictorial & word back mark being a jockey’s cap with a riding whip under it and the word Electro, brass pictorial sword and rose with animal head, very old large horn horn button with hare’s head embossed on it, brass with turquoise enamel dots, brass with odd stamped design with Treble London back mark with 4-petaled flowers between the words, clambroth glass with a swallow, white metal, Golden Age flower (fushia?) back marked Extra Super Fine, painted brass, black with silver luster, brass with high relief aqua glass head, veil button, tiny blue enamel on brass, purple glass head, black glass acorn shape, large black glass sleeper (dull brown painted target design), large carved MOP sew thru with metal inset, brass with amethyst stone jewel button