All are antique metal buttons
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Saturday, April 17, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Lighthouse buttons
Google facts
What was the purpose of a lighthouse? What is a lighthouse? It is a tower with a bright light at the top, located at an important or dangerous place regarding navigation (travel over water). The two main purposes of a lighthouse are to serve as a navigational aid and to warn boats of dangerous areas. It is like a traffic sign on the sea
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The first known lighthouse was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy I and his son Ptolemy II constructed it between 300 and 280 B.C. It stood about 450 feet high. This lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was destroyed in stages by invaders and earthquakes, being destroyed in the 1300s.
The oldest existing lighthouse in the world is considered to be La Coruna in Spain that dates from ca. 20 B.C. A Roman lighthouse is located on the Cliffs of Dover in the UK that was constructed in 40 A.D. The first lighthouse in America was at Boston on Little Brewster Island (1716). The first keeper was George Worthylake who was drowned, along with his wife and daughter, when returning to the island in 1718. The original tower was destroyed by the British and eventually reconstructed in 1784.The oldest existing lighthouse in America (never rebuilt) is Sandy Hook, NJ (1764), which is still in operation. Part of the building of the lighthouse was paid for by the sale of lottery tickets and shipping interest in New York City paid for the rest.Newest shoreside Lighthouse is Sullivan’s Island in Charleston, SC, 1962.The first Great Lakes lighthouse were Buffalo (Main) and Erie, PA (1818)First Lighthouse actually built by the Government of the United States - Cape Henry Light, Virginia, completed in 1792.The only Triangular-shaped lighthouse tower is Sullivan’s Island in Charleston, SC.
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button materials: metal, wood, coconut shell, plastic, ceramic
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Windmill buttons
my card materials: glass, metal, plastic, ceramic
Google fun facts
The earliest known wind powered grain mills and water pumps were used by the Persians in A.D. 500-900 and by the Chinese in A.D. 1200.
The first windmill manufactured in the United States was designed by Daniel Halladay, who began inventing windmills in 1854 in his Connecticut machine shop
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The Netherlands has the most windmills
More than 1.000 old windmills still exist in
the Netherlands. The largest concentration of Dutch
windmills can be found near the village of Kinderdijk
(“Children's dike”)
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Oldest windmill in the U.S.
The Farris windmill is said to be the oldest windmill in the United
States. It was built in the mid-1600s and operated in Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. The Farris family ran it for three generations,
starting in 1782.
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Sunday, December 20, 2020
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Friday, July 3, 2020
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Car covered with BUTTONS
Here is the paper in the window
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Mushroom buttons
Some materials: celluloid, glass, wood, metal, ceramic, plastic and 1 large studio antler by Richard Carpenter
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Colt rouge/perfume container buttons
These are amino resin made for a short time in the 1940's by the plastics division of the Colt Firearm Company
The Cameo embossed lid screws off. Originally these were filled with rouge or perfume. When empty, the mark "COLT" may be seen inside the container
These are all Colt buttons. The ones in the top row plus the first two in the second row are all Colt Perfume buttons. I’ve noted the perfume fragrance under each of the seven buttons.
They are each stamped in black with the name on the back of the button. Some of the Perfume buttons have solid perfume in them and some still have a scent, a very old scent
The remaining buttons are all Colt Rouge buttons — no names on the back and some of these still have rouge
Card belongs to
Elaine Cossman long time button collector, button dealer at state and National shows
She started this collection in 1992
This is her work card. It’s recycled and isn’t pristine. No thought was given to placement except for keeping the perfume buttons together and the Rouge buttons together.
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Elaine thank you for permission to post this AWESOME card
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From the Big Book of Buttons
a short-lived novelty button made about 1945. The small, plastic rouge container has a screw-on top decorated with a molded cameo- style head.
The lower part of the container is fitted with a plastic shank
First Big (blue) Book printed in 1981 and reprinted (red) in 1991 valued the button at $4
The new (2 volume-red) Big Book the price guide values it at $40-$60
Sunday, February 24, 2019
The EAGLE..Buttons
Many centuries before it became an emblem of the United States, this bird had been accepted as the symbol of St. John the Evangelist. John's spirit is said to be like the eagle's in its soaring flight to the throne of God. The evangelist mentions the eagle several times in the Apocalypse. One passage is of particular interest because it includes the symbols of all four evangelists:..and around the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind. And the first living creature is like a lion and the second like a calf , and the third has the face, as it were, of a man, and the fourth is like an eagle flying"
Locally, the eagle is also a symbol of Boston College (Pilot Drawing by Ronery
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Sunday, October 28, 2018
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Velvet fabric in/on metal buttons
Antique buttons
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Monkey Buttons
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Friday, March 2, 2018
BAT buttons
antique and vintage buttons
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Monday, January 29, 2018
Monday, January 8, 2018
Sunday, December 17, 2017
shamrock and four-leaf clover plant life BUTTONS
1st row: A shamrock is a young sprig of clover, used
as a symbol of Ireland, Saint Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint, is said to have
used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity
The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover. According to tradition, such clovers bring good luck
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Cupids Cherubs Fairies Puttis Gnomes, etc. BUTTONS
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Monday, October 2, 2017
Monday, September 11, 2017
Monday, September 4, 2017
BIRD buttons for sale
ECRATER: card of 24 birds
plus 3 sets of 10 birds also in my ecrater store
first set of 10 are SOLD
first set of 10 are SOLD
QUESTIONS? purplepeg1@gmail.com