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WORK IN PROGRESS
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From 20 years I collect old buttons; I've never counted them as other
collectors do: a little for lazyness and the other reason is lack of
time:
I mean I prefere do "other else”. |
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Anyway my collection is made by some thousands selected buttons,
starting from 1600.
I think I wont never count them also because collection is continuously
growing, but I'm always ordering it… |
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How did I begin? |
| In London's GRAY’S I saw
an old lady,”Miss Botton”, that sold very nice 1800s old buttons so I
thought to buy some to re-sell and I also bought a little book on
collectionism. Then
I sold them but I soon
regretted; from that time I begun to keep one for each type and the only
important thing was that I must like it. I passed several years buying “with
good nose”, then I decided to deepen, to srudy, buying books. I begun
ordering the buttons by materials, styles or ages. A collection's branch
is the one made of buttons collected by American misses in 1800: 999
little glass buttons variously worked and several colours, sewed on a
cloth. Americans sew them on a string calling them
Charm String. I forgot: button number 1000 was a gift from
Prince Charming…… |
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Available buttons
for friends collectors |
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5 |
172 |
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Enameled button,
first half of XXth cent. |
Metal enameled button |
Tzchek button, glass paste
and gold foil |
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diam. mm. 20 |
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163 |
168 |
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Bottone cecoslovacco, pasta di vetro corallo e oro |
Bottone concavo in jais con tre foglie incise |
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diam. mm. 18 |
diam. mm. 15 |
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0006 |
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Castello |
Romano |
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Bottone francese a. '50 a smalto
su rame |
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Bottone moderno quadrato in acciaio
con castello applicato a
rilievo |
Bottone in metallo copia a fusione di moneta romana |
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diam. mm. 20 |
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lato mm. 20 |
diam. mm. 25 |
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5 |
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7 |
9 |
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Bottone in metallo smaltato |
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Bottone in metallo smaltato |
Bottone in metallo smaltato |
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€ 10,00 |
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€ 12,00 |
€ 12,00 |
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12 |
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16 |
18 |
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Bottone in metallo smaltato |
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Bottone in metallo smaltato |
Bottone in metallo smaltato |
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20 |
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22 |
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Bottone in metallo smaltato |
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Bottone in metallo smaltato |
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5F |
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006B |
007 |
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Bottone in metallo a due strati
XIX° sec. |
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Bottone del XIX°
sec. in metallo con strato a griglia
finemente stampata |
Bottone in metallo finemente lavorato
con ritratto regale.
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diam. mm. 35 |
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diam. mm. 20 |
diam. mm. 25 |
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008 |
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010 |
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Bottone moderno rivestito in rame con processo elettrolitico |
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Bottone in metallo a due strati fine sec. XIX° |
Antico bottone traforato in metallo finemente stampato e dorato |
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diam. mm. 20 |
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diam. mm. 25 |
diam. mm. 35 |
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011 |
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012 |
013 |
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Bottone moderno (Venezia o Firenze) a mosaico |
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Bottone veneziano a murrine |
Bottone sferico veneziano a murrina |
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diam. mm. 30 |
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diam. mm. 15 |
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Vegetale |
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Gallinaccio |
0107 |
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Bottone fine sec. XIX° in metallo
a due strati |
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Bottone fine sec. XIX° in metallo bianco a due strati |
Grande bottone antico in metallo traforato e stampato,
ornato da perle d'acciaio ribattute sul retro.
(due perline
mancanti) |
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diam. mm. 25 |
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diam. mm. 30 |
diam. mm. 40 |
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