Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme button sets..Lois Calkins

The sets are:
Hey Diddle Diddle

Sing a Song of Sixpence
Jack and Jill

Humpty Dumpty

Three Little Kittens

Mary and Her Little Lamb

Goose that Laid Golden Eggs

Old King Cole
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Lois didn’t personally make these buttons she worked with artists in Japan through the Foreign Trade and Industries Agency.

She approved the designs and imported the buttons with the 1st of the sets shipped to the U.S. in 1954

There are 8 sets, each with 4 buttons

Porcelain with self shank, size 1 inch diameter, backmarked LC

Lois passed away in 2002

(click on image to enlarge)

Gnome buttons

Gnomes are thought to have originated in Scandinavia and were first sighted well over 2000 years ago.

Only 6 inches high, the gnome is a cheerful, warmhearted, generous creature.

A favorite custom consists of giving presents to departing guest. These presents may be natural things, useful things, or writings to be pondered upon.

The gnome’s big heart more than makes up for his tiny size!

 

The buttons are small size plastic (click on image to enlarge)