bridle rosettes

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Button Country

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

1-0 Glass in Metal (1-1/2")

1-0 Leather with Leather Shank ........(4" x 2-1/2")

1-0 Glass set in Brass (1-1/4")

1-0 Gemstones set in metal Full Span Shank (1-1/4")

1-0 Cord and Glass (2-1/2 x 2")

1-1 Face designs - Domestic fowl - DUG 1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Bird - Enamel (2")

1-1 Face designs - Bird - Expanded Shank (2-1/2")

- "Connector Rosette" for harness headstalls

1-1 Face designs - Bird - Domed DUG (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Bird - copper - Military (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Dog - white metal - Moveable (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Horse - Rubber - BM "N. S. Co" (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Horse - Brass (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Horse - Design Under Glass (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Horse & Verbal - Brass - Police (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Horse - White metal - Realistic (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Mammal - Design Under Glass

- Commemorative (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Reptile - Design Under Glass (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Object - Bow - Black Glass in metal (2")

1-1 Face designs - Object - Feathers - Brass (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Objects - Horseshoe riding & crops

- wood with Brass OME (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Objects - Horseshoe riding equipment

- Horn set in metal (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Objects - Horseshoe riding equipment

- Composition (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Objects - Hour glass & wings with verbal

- Design Under Glass - Advertising (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Plant - Roses - Bakelite & DUG (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Plant Life - Flower - DUG (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Plant Life - Flowers

- Horsehair & Design Under Glass (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Scene - Glass in metal

- Pictorial design on back (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Astronomical - Glass in Metal (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Head & Verbal - DUG - Advertising (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Head - DUG (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Head - DUG - Square shape (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Head - DUG Sulfide (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Head (Lincoln) - DUG (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Head (Rutherford B. Hayes)

- Lithograph under glass in metal (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pasttimes - white metal & brass

- threaded Shank (2-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pasttimes - white metal & DF (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pasttimes - Brass with Steels (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - People - Silver

- BM "Alpaca Mexico" (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Transportation - DUG (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Transportation & verbal - DUG

- Advertising - pictorial back (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Interlaced Pattern - Rubber

- Goodyear back mark (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Interlaced Pattern - DUG (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Curvilinear Pattern - Jet (1-5/8" x 5/8")

1-1 Face designs - Multi-foil Pattern border - Native Am.

- Gemstone set in silver (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Heart - Glass on Leather (2-3/4" x 2")

1-1 Face designs - Stylized plant forms - Paste on painted brass

- (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Stylized plant forms border - Brass (2")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Circles - Pastes & Cold Enamel

- (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Circles - Brass - Moveable (3")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Diamond - Brass & CPE (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - 4-sided figures - Composition

- (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - 5-sided figures

- Ceramic & Brass OME (2-3/4")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Multi-foil designs

- Native American Sterling Silver (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Radial design - Painted metal (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Radial design - French Ivory (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Radial design - Pewter (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Pattern - Turned design

- Black Glass with gold luster (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Symbols - Letter - DUG (1-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Symbols - Letters - Lead (3" x 2")

1-1 Face designs - Symbols - Monogram letters - Painted metal

- (1-1/2")

1-1 Face designs - Symbols - Monogram letters

- Brass & white metal (2-1/4")

1-1 Face designs - Symbols - Numbers - Brass (1-1/2" x 3/4")

(Time) "1:58" is likely the time for a one mile trotter race.

To download and print a pdf of the history and information about Bridle Rosettes click here.

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Div. IV Section 1 : Bridle Rosettes

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Credits and References Credits:

1. Westminster Psalter, by Matthew of Paris, c. 1250

2. Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies

Acknowledgements:

Special Thanks to Ron Thomas who provided a number of references cited and made his collection of bridle rosettes available for the majority of the images shown on these pages. Others who contributed reviews, comments and images included Judy Schwenk, June Chapman, Barbara Barrans, Pat Koehler, Debra Wisniewski, Jane Perry, Lou Yeargain, Ronnie Wexler, and Sally Gibson. A special thanks to Joan Lindsay & Joy Journeay for their expert editing skills!

References:

(1) Bridle Rosettes by Joseph W. Anderson - Just Buttons, March 1953

(2) Bridle Buttons by Dorothy Foster Brown - Hobbies, August 1978

(3) Bridle Rosettes by Louann Chaudier - Western Horseman, August 1997

(4) Bridle Rosettes by Dr. Ralph Merkle - Spinning Wheel, Jan/Feb 1963

(5) Rosettes by Charles Nash - North/South Civil War Traders, Vol. XXVI (date unknown)

(6) Bridle Rosettes by Clara Nisbet - Spinning Wheel, May 1964

(7) Bridle Rosettes by Thelma Shull - Hobbies, April 1943

(8) Horse Bridle Rosettes by Paul S. Smith - Just Buttons, Feb 1958

(9) Bridle Rosettes by Ruth Ann White - Missouri State Button Society Bulletin, Winter/January 2009 (Volume 61 Number 1)

(10) National Button Society Blue Book, 2013 - 2017, Official NBS Classification and Competition Guidelines Current