Buttons!

I LOVE buttons!  I have been collecting antique, vintage, modern & studio clothing buttons since 1996.  

I am a member of 

• National Button Society
• Kansas State Button Society
• Missouri State Button Society
• Button Bytes (international on-line study group)
• Evening Star Button Club (local club)
• Heart of America Button Club (local club) 

This week, the Evening Star Button Club will begin to study ceramic buttons.  

Here's a brief sneak preview of our lesson study..... Enjoy!

 

CERAMIC BUTTONS  

Ceramic is a general term used to describe a wide assortment of fired natural clays. 

Ceramic buttons are divided into sub-classes by the National Button Society.   

  

Earthenware

Earthenware includes porous clay (pottery) that may be glazed or unglazed.  The clay may be white, cream, buff, yellow, brown or red.

 

Delft - Holland

 

 Ruskin

Norwalk 

 

 

Zia 


 

Satsuma 

 

Porcelain 

Porcelain includes all white, nonporous hard paste and opaque soft paste ceramic ware such as Arita, Dresden, Kutani, Limoges, Meissen, and Mennecy.

Arita

 Dresden

Kutani

Limoges

 

18th Century Mennecy, hand-painted

Hand-painted

Pate sur pate

Transferware design

Stoneware

Stoneware includes hard, non-porous clay, glazed and non-glazed such as Jasperware and Wedgwood.

Jasperware

18th Century Wedgwood likely set in Boulton steel

Many of these lovely button images can be viewed  at the Peach State Button Club - Button Country  

http://www.buttoncountry.com/Ceramics2.htm

Thank you Button Country!

If you are interested in learning more about buttons please contact me or click on the National Button Society button on this blog.