My friend Matthew sent me this Link to his most recent button finds. I LOVE the little chicks and the jockey hats.
Oh, those are wonderful, Amanda! Any idea when they date to? I love the glass intaglio ones at the link...
I swear, Matthew really knows how to snag the world's greatest buttons. I love the hand-painted and gilt Egyptian ones! He does a great job with photography, too. Thanks for sharing the link, Amanda, and please give him my best.
The terrier buttons at the end of page 5 are too cute! and on page 6 that Henri Hamm button for $200 sure has peaked my curiousity about Mr. Hamm!
Gorgeous! I learn so much just looking at them. What a great resource he is. Is he a member? Does he have a website, or does he just sell straight from his photobucket?
Here is what Matthew said about the ceramic buttons (and some other comments) "Those tend to date from the post-WWII period through the 50's. People wanted fun, colorful things, and evidently ceramic was one of the few materials that wasn't rationed... or that was readily available. I've just bought a fairly big batch (ten or so) of earlier ceramic buttons by a man who designed for Schiapparelli." I am trying to convince Matthew to sign on as a "friend" here. And I asked him why Mr. Hamm's buttons were so pricey.
