Here are some close up images of buttons on the 500 piece antique charmstring measuring over 9 feet long. This charmstring was in an informal button museum run by Barbara Bibbins of Mountainburg, Arkansas. Fine folk art, great buttons, totally authentic, no modern buttons on this string. 6 buttons of the 500 are missing their glass faces, I presume they were kaleidoscopes as those do come apart easily. 494 buttons remain, some are noticably chipped, others are in amazing condition, generally all the remaining buttons are in fair to excellent condition, very little metal rusting. Below the images are text links to the entire charmstring image and 5 close-ups of the 9 foot strand along with a material count breakdown of all the buttons on this string. If you want to contact me just click here to e-mail: carolc@vintagebuttons.net |
 Tint Brass Centennial 1876 Uniform |
 Center, Goodyear Hard Rubber |
 Black Black Glass Swirlback Coronet |
 Antique Carnival Iridescent Glass |
 Pretty lady head, probably compo. |
 Mirror back, lustered black glass State Seal |
 Same state seal (Michigan) Patriotic Brass Drum |
 Lustered Black Glass Elephant |
 Tint Brass Lilly Of The Valley |
 Floral brass Compo. Inlay Black Glass Paisley |
 Tint brass pansy 2pc Veg Ivory Hat Goodyear Rubber |
 Diaper Pat. Goodyear Glory Drum Compo. Fan (4 on string) |
 2 pretty tinted brass. |
 Fan, Japanned Engraved |
 Enameled black glass Tint Brass, Insect |
 Reverse Painted Glass Lustered Black Glass |
 Black Glass Insect China |
 Star White Mtl. Tint Brass Beetle Close-up Right |
 Beetle Close-Up |
 Cone Black Glass Swirlback Japanned Engraved Leaf Openwork Tint Brass |
 Composition Bird |
 Impressed Black Glass Beetle |
 Riveted Black Glass 5 in collection. |
 Paisley Tint Brass Shell |
 Intermixed Molded Glass Charmstring Overlay Swirlback, Green |
 2 Brass Paisley Comp. Inlay Lustered Black Glass Lustered Cobalt Glass |
 Green Composition Black Glass Charmstring Swirlback Glass-In-Metal Iridescent Black Glass |
 Purple Banded China Twinkle Border Warrior Two cross Black Glass Fluted Clear Glass Dome |
 Veg. Ivory Ball Blue Compo. Bird Inlay Incised Black Glass Beetle Incised Ruby Glass |
 Goodyear marked 1951 Liberty Head hard rubber. |
 Patriotic small brass, anchor device. |
 Brilliantly colored hobnail china. |
Segment close-ups from start to end, all 9 feet: #1; #2; #3; #4; #5 Here is a count of the types of buttons included on this string: 151 Brass metal; 49 White Metal; 19 Composition (including inlays); 141 Black Glass; 11 Mother of Pearl; 12 Hard Rubber w/Goodyear Patent backmark; 16 Horn; 23 Vegetable Ivory, including a scarce 2-pc hat; 28 China; 5 Japanned Engraved Metals; 33 Clear & Colored Glass; 4 Uniform; 2 Patriotic brass; 5 Glass in metal; 2 Fabric covered. Included in the counts above are some duplicates including 5 medium riveted black glass; 2 grey fleck opaque glass; 4 composition fan pictorials. In black and clear/colored glass there are at least 14 of the small antique glass buttons collectors call "charmstring swirlbacks". |
