My Collection

I am not really collecting buttons, only making Studio Buttons, but if I find something interesting or that I love, I will purchase. Here is some of what I've purchased. Oh, but I am collecting Enameled buttons. And I love Black Glass, Lacy Glass and Satsumas! Don't you?

Note: These buttons are all normalized to the same size to fit onto the page, some of small and some large and I show one dimi.

My Enamels as they relate to the Blue Book

Basse Taille enameled button

4-1.1
Basse Taille
with Glass "jewel" in center; includes multiple patterns

guilloche

4-1.1
Basse Taille
specialized form - Guilloche
Includes a central ruby and marcasites

champleve button

4-1.2
Champleve
with tetrad pattern

Cloisonne button

4-1.3
Cloisonne

monchrome button enameled

4-1.4.1
Émaux Peints
Monochrome
with cut steel. this is a Grisaille, too, but not a good example of it.

grisaille wind

4-1.4.1
Émaux Peints
Monochrome - Grisaille

Bird emaux peints polychrome button

4-1.4.2
Émaux Peints
Polychrome

Limoges button

4-1.4.2
Émaux Peints
Polychrome - Limoges

Canton enamel button

4-1.4.2
Émaux Peints
Polychrome - Canton Enamel

4-1.5
Foil Techniques

See 4-1.4.2 - see Limoges

see 4-2.1 - Pierreries below

4-1.5
Foil Techniques
Paillons

see 4-2.1 below

gin bari dragon button

4-1.6
Ginbari

plique-a-jour button

4-1.7
Plique-a-jour
Pierced

4-1.7
Plique-a-jour
Filigree

4-2.1
Enamel Encrustations

button with encrustations/pierreries

4-2.1
Enamel Encrustations - Pierreries

Matte enamel button

4-2.2
Matte Finish

also 4-6 combiined techniques - Champlevé and Emaux peints

4-2.3
Transfer

Backmarked EM Paris

4-3.1
Metal OME

Emaux Peints Polychrom button

4-3.2
Rhinestones/Paste
Émaux Peints
Polychrome
with paste OME

Openwork Champleve button

4-4
Openwork
Champleve hexaskelion (a radial design with 6 arms) with cut steel OME

enamel background

4-5
Unlisted
Background

dimi enamel button - Champleve and Emaux Peint

4-5
Unlisted
Combined Techniques -
Dimi enamel - both Champleve and Emaux Peint Polychrome

See 4-2.2 - Matte Finish button

Egyptain Plaquette enamel button

4-5
Unlisted
Plaquettes

Japanese Enamel on Silver

4-5
Unlisted Etc
Japanese Enamel on Silver

Moveable enamel button

Cloisonne, linear button

Shapes, Linear

enamel contour

Shapes, Contour

Realistic

Shapes, Realistic

Enamel Object

Enamel Object
Pink is an unusual color

18th Century button

18th Century Battersea style
4-2.1
Enamel Encrustations in border

Pate Limoge button

Pâte Limoge

The Pink enamel in her hat is opalescent enamel

Verbal Gin-Bari button. the symbol in the middle is Japanese for Happiness

Silver Paillons

Set of buttons with fasteners
that have a border of encrustations that look like opals - this is not a normal enamel color

Other Buttons

Coronation Buttons:

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Brooks button

Brooks Button

Satsuma butterflies button

Satsuma Butterflies

arita elephant button

Arita Elephant

Bethlehem Pearl button

Bethlehem Pearl Button

carved pearl

Carved Pearl with Steel Cuts

Studio Buttons

Gretchen Gauthier button - fish

By Gretchen Gauthier

painted button

By Paulie Rollins

Bee cameo button

By Paulie Rollins

Shoe button

By Diana Wieler

chickadee button

By Paulie Rollins

paper hat button studio

By Leslie Kennedy

By Diana Wieler

By Mona Ledwin

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