Pegs Button Blog

Billy Possum was a popular nickname for William Howard Taft, successor to Roosevelt for the presidency in 1908. Taft was often represente...

Mi ESKIMO Interesting button but cheaply made brass button for children’s clothing in the early 1900’s

Enameling on copper studio buttons by Herman Lowenstein When he retired to Florida he began experimenting with ground colored gla...

this is a antique brass button

Dix. I clear and colored glass and black glass Aventurine: Usually referred to as GOLDSTONE. Aventurine was discovered by chance about 1810...

this vintage celluloid tight-top button was damaged so I took it apart and this is what I found. During the depression, work pants and othe...

Pegs Button Blog: French Ballerina Theatre button : French Ballerina Theatre button This head button with costume is just like the full fig...

I also collect uniform buttons here are some of my police buttons,all are metal with a loop shank, they are antique and vintage buttons Cl...

These buttons were made for the manufacturers of men’s work clothing during the early part of the twentieth century (1900-1935) They are ...

Mr. E. E. Brown of California made Tunbridge Turnery type wooden buttons during the 1960’s. The original Tunbridge Turney buttons were made...

All the buttons are plastic except the last 2 and they are hand-painted enameled brass History and Legend by Patricia Hall http://www.ragg...

Some of my rabbit and Easter egg buttons The second button down on the left is titled “Easter Parade” in one button book it is called “A g...

Shoe buttons These buttons, which were sewed on leather-and fabric-top shoes for fastenings, were made of several materials. Most of them ...

Whimsical buttons from American fashion designer Todd Oldham, manufactured by the Streamline Button Company in the early 1990’s. All the ...

Peace the watchword of the late 1960’s the buttons are metal and plastic

The top center large button is a pinback the others are buttons with a shank. Click on image to enlarge

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the U.S. It ran from 1959-1963 with the goal of putting a human in orbit around ...

The Space Age began on October 4, 1957, with the launch of the Soviet satellite SPUTNIK. Sputnik buttons are portrayed here. Top glass but...

The non-political image of the Games was shaken badly in 1980 when American President Jimmy Carter banned the U.S. team from competing in th...

Yin and Yang, oriental symbols of the life force combinations and harmony, came back into popularity during the 1980’s. This button is mad...

William Tell holds an arrow up to the governor Gessler, while his son carries the apple which his father has pierced with an arrow whilst ba...

This is a extra large “French White” button, It was made in the 40’s-50’s in France. Huguenins was an extremely large family which originate...

Artid buttons were made in England in the 1940’s. They are amino plastic and were made in many different designs in 3 sizes. The painted c...

A close up of the Bethlehem pearl snowflake button

Snowflake buttons..there are metal, black glass, horn, pearl, enamel and a few plastic. If you scroll down and on the right side you will se...

Bethlehem pearl with cross button

Bethlehem pearls-a souvenir and export item of long standing in the Holy Land-were made as both buttons and brooches. Traditionally round, s...

Turkey buttons are rare..I showed the bottom 3 last year which are a modern plastic, antique 2 piece brass and a Arita porcelain. I have on...

A few legends of the ROSE In Greece, rose petals were used to cure the bite of a mad dog. Romans were sure that a rose petal floated in ...

Humpty Dumpty was a egg, famous in France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Switzerland. The term Humpty Dumpty is given in the Oxford ...

Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the U.S. (1849-1850) Known as "Old Rough and Ready," T...

Isabella, or the Pot of Basil (1818) is a narrative poem by John Keats, adapted from a story in Boccaccio's Decameron (IV, 5). It tel...

I added several Halloween buttons on my ebay today Pegs ebay

The Hermitage is 12 miles from Nashville, Tn. and was Andrew Jacksons home. I had the pleasure of visiting the Hermitage in the 90's..I ...

The Seven Immortals, or gods of fortune. Arita porcelain from Japan. These were sold as a boxed set by Toshikane Art Porcelain, Tokyo, durin...

I have researched the design on these buttons without much luck. I have all the button books and only found the first (wood) button in 1. It...

The brass button shown here has been referred to by button collectors for years as the "Barney Oldfield" button. Alas, it has litt...

This two-piece stamped brass coat button commemorates the opening of the Panama Canal in 1913. Today, the canal continues to be not only a v...

A number of 'Kilroy Was Here' souvenirs appeared at wars end this Japanese-made vegetable ivory button was among them. -------------...

A hobby in such troubled days Can pep you up in many ways. Your worries seem to fade away, If at a hobby you can play. Now antique buttons i...

These buttons were actually blown and were hollow. The early ones had clear glass loop shanks; the later (probably after 1900) had metal sha...

1.Sixty-six buttons in one color or in harmonizing colors. 2.Gold, silver, or white elastic thread; #7 steel crochet hook. 3.Three rows of b...

This is a modern plastic button. The button design was cut by using a laser light source. Here are a few tidbits picked up from Google: --Li...

'V' for Victoria. There were two periods when buttons were rife with 'V' designs: first during Victoria's reign, and lat...

A popular saying in the 1970's, a time of political unrest and disillusionment, was, "don't push the panic -button" for sa...

Animated cartoons were an important part of the movie-going experience. Whether as the feature, or as short fillers between motion picture,...