There is something about a box, jar or can of old buttons that fascinates young and old, alike.  More than a few of us have become avid button collectors as a result.  

The initial idea for this website emerged when Paul Rice joined the Peach State Button Club to find out more about his grandmother’s buttons.  Paul and the club members agreed on a vision for a website that focused on educating new collectors on matters related to identifying and classifying their buttons. After thousands of hours and with help from collectors all over the country, the site has blossomed into a comprehensive visual resource that is based on the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words"

Button Country incorporates several types of resources to help beginners and novices identify and appreciate their buttons:

Join the Fun - learn more about the NBS and the many state and local button clubs and events.

Fun Facts - includes Useful Tips and is especially for those who want to know more about button history and common terms and general facts

Button Section Pages (A Visual Guide to Classifying Buttons) - contains more than 6000 images of buttons and button related specialties that visually illustrate our classification system. The National Button Society (NBS) Classification System is organized in easy-to-follow outline form.  The system classifies buttons according to age, use, materials and pictorial subjects. Downloadable Worksheets are available for most categories.

Special Topics - features educational and fun articles on buttons as well as the actual patents for more than one hundred 19th century button inventions.

Educational Links - provides one-click access to other helpful button related websites.

This website will be under re-construction for the next year (approx. mid 2020). Some sections seem "completed", however the updates will not be finished until the end of the re-construction, therefore, they may not be perfectly in sync with the NBS Blue Book until that time. In the meantime the first revisions will be completed every week, so come back

The buttons and Button Related Devices used for this website may not be the best or most deluxe examples. Paul Rice used examples available to him at the time of designing this website.