ceramics

How to engage the slide show:

click on the first image on the left of the gallery below, then select the arrow at the bottom left of the enlarged image. Or you can manually go to the next slide by hovering your cursor on the middle right side then clicking the arrow that appears. Hover your cursor on the middle left side then click the arrow that appears to go backwards. Close the slide show or manual show by clicking the X button on the lower right of the image. (The image of each button is followed by an image of that button's back or reverse side.)

Acknowledgments, References and information for this category are at the bottom of this page.

Button Country

An Educational Resource for Button Collectors - originally created by Paul Rice

Section 2 : Ceramics

* To download and print a pdf of the ceramics worksheet click this link: page 1.

Some descriptions of these buttons may be cut off. Full descriptions can be seen in the slide show mode.

2-1 Earthenware - Barum (1")

2-1 Earthenware -Delft (1-1/8")

2-1 Earthenware - Pewabic (1-5/8")

2-1 Earthenware - Poole (1-1/4")

2-1 Earthenware - Raku (1-1/2")

2-1 Earthenware - Ruskin (1")

2-1 Earthenware - Wemyss (1-11/16")

2-1 Earthenware - Zia (1-5/8")

2-1 Earthenware - Terra Cotta (1-5/8")

2-1.1 Earthenware - Norwalk Pin Shank (1-1/8")

2-1.1 Earthenware - Norwalk Escutcheon

2-2 Porcelain - 18th Century Hand Painted (1-1/2")

2-2 Porcelain - Transfer Zodiac (1-1/8")

2-2 - Porcelain - Pate sur Pate Style (7/8")

2-2 Porcelain - Painted (15/16")

2-2 Porcelain - "Mennecy Style" (1")

2-2 Porcelain - Painted "Mennecy Style" (1-3/16")

2-2 Porcelain - "Mennecy Style" (1-5/8")

2-2 Porcelain - Painted "Mennecy Style" (1-1/4")

2-2 Porcelain - Transfer (1-11/16")

2-2 Porcelain - Hand Painted 1-1/2")

2-2 Porcelain "Pate sur Pate style" (3/4")

2-2 Porcelain - Transfer (1-1/4")

2-2 Porcelain - Seven Gods (1")

2-2 Porcelain - "Arita style" (1-1/8")

2-2.1 Porcelain - Arita (1")

2-2.1 Porcelain - Arita (7/8")

2-2.2 Porcelain - Kutani (1")

2-3 Satsuma (7/8")

2-3 Satsuma - Black Matte (7/8")

2-3 Satsuma - Cobalt Back (1-1/4")

2-3 Satsuma - back marked (7/8")

2-3 Satsuma (1")

2-3 Satsuma - Metal Rim (1-7/8")

2-3 Satsuma (1-5/8")

2-4 Stoneware - Jasperware (1-1/2")

2-4 Stoneware - 18th Century Wedgwood (1-3/8")

2-5 Back marks - "Birchroft China"
(1")

2-5 Back marks - "Dresden" and Crown
(1-1/4")

2-5 Back marks - "Limoges France"
(1-1/2")

2-5 Back marks -"Crossed Swords"
Meissen (7/8")

2-5 Back marks - Serves Crossed "L"s
(1-1/2")

2-5 Back marks Stamped "45"
(1-7/8")

2-5 Back marks "SR `01" (1-1/2")

2-5 Back marks - "Wedgwood England"
(5/8")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Glazed/Unglazed (1")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Paint (3/4")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Transfer (3/4")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Encrusted (1-1/4")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Gold/Black Paint
Domed (1-5/8")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Paint - Realistic (1-1/2")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Gilding - Coalport (1-1/2")

2-6 Decorative Finish - Painted-Gilt/Encrusted (1-5/8")

2-6 Decorative Finish (DF) - Silver Deposit (1-1/4")

2-7 Mounted in/on Metal - Metal back Arita (1")

2-7 Mounted in/on Metal - Bone Border (1-3/4")

2-7 Mounted in/on Metal - Liverpool Transfer Polychrome (15/16")

2-7 Mounted in/on Metal - Liverpool Transfer Monochrome (15/16")

2-7 Mounted in/on Metal - 18th Century Copper/Steel Collet (1-3/8")

2-7 Mounted in/on Metal - Pate sur Pate Style set in brass (7/8")

2-7 Mounted in/on Metal - Satsuma Silver - (15/16")

2-8 Other Material Embellishments - Coralene (1-1/2")

2-8 Other Material Embellishments - Enameled Pin Shank - Ball (9/16")

2-8 Other Material Embellishments - Paste Border (1")

2-8 Other Material Embellishments - Satsuma - Pearl Tesserae (11/16")

2-9 Unlisted - Back Type
Two-hole sew-through - Unglazed (1")

2-9 Unlisted - Back Type
Three-hole sew-through (5/16")

2-9 Unlisted - China - Igloo (3/4")

2-9 Unlisted - Large China 4-hole sew-thru (1-1/2")

2-9 Unlisted - Openwork - Royal Copenhagen 18th Century (1-1/2")

2-9 Unlisted - Shape (1")

2-9 Unlisted - Shape / spindle (1-1/4")

2-9 Unlisted - Shape / Square (2-3/8")

2-9 Unlisted - Shape / Linear

2-9 Unlisted - Shape

2-9 Unlisted - Shape / Realistic (1-1/4")

2-9 Unlisted - Shape / Realistic (3/4")

Acknowledgments: This Ceramics resource would not have been possible without the input of button images and quality reviews by a number of collaborators. They included Lou Yeargain, Barbara Barrans, Elizabeth Hughes, Elaine Cossman, Gary Brockman, Karen Farnsworth, Janel Marchi, Jean Rivers, Joan Lindsay and Randy Cannon. Thanks to all. A special thanks to Joan Lindsay & Joy Journeay for their expert editing skills!

References:

(1) National Button Society Blue Book, Official NBS Classification and Competition Guidelines

(2) Hughes, Elizabeth and Marion Lester. The Big Book of Buttons. St. Johann Press - 2010

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