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Button Country

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

Division I, III & IX    Sections 1 - 16: Materials

The menu to the right is labeled by NBS material. Clicking on the menu link will take you to examples of buttons in that section as defined in the current NBS Classification and Competition Guidelines (Blue Book). Potential labeling issues or suggested improvements should be directed to the NBS classification committee.

Links to section pages:

Celluloid

China

Enamels

Fabrics/Textiles

Horn

Metals

Shell

Synthetic Polymers

Vegetable Ivory

Wood

Other Materials

Glass, Black

Glass, Clear and Colored

Glass Mounted in/on Metal

Click on the links in the menu to the right to link to pages where you can

see each section plus download and print the related worksheet.


Ceramics