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click on the first image on the left of the gallery below, then select the arrow at the bottom left of the enlarged image. Or you can manually go to the next slide by hovering your cursor on the middle right side then clicking the arrow that appears. Hover your cursor on the middle left side then click the arrow that appears to go backwards. Close the slide show or manual show by clicking the X button on the lower right of the image. (The image of each button is followed by an image of that button's back or reverse side.)

Acknowledgments, References and information for this category are at the bottom of this page.

Button Country

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

Div. IV Section 6 : Links, Studs

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - White metal with one brass link, BM "J R Gaunt & Son. Inc. New York" (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - Brass with non-button shank - Paint DF (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - Brass with single bar link (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - Brass and pin shank shell - Realistic Shape (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - Agate with pin shank (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - Silver - Monogram (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - gemstone with pin shank (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - gemstone with paste pin shank

6-1.1 Non-separable - Linked-buttons - Enamel - Basse-taille (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Toggle - Typical Spanish peasant silver toggle circa mid 1800s (1/2")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Toggle - Brass - Pictorial (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Toggle - Brass/Enamel with copper toggle, BM "Patent 356446 - Made in England" (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Abalone in brass (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Black Glass with precision inlay (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Brass with paste OME (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Brass (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Silver (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Brass with paste OME, BM - A flower in a horseshoe (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Brass with tint DF and paste OME (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Celluloid with shell inlay (1 x 5/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Goldstone in brass - BM "PAT" (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Animal tooth (1 x 1/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - White Glass in brass - verbal (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot - Shell (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Prong - Rotating Wings - Silver (1")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Prong - Wings - Shell - Linear shape (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Prong - Stirrup Wings - Celluloid Collar Buttons (1/2")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Finger Prongs - Lithograph on Celluloid, BM "New York" (1")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Finger Prongs - Design under glass (1")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Finger Prongs - Precision inlay (11/16")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Finger Prongs - Brass with pastes OME (13/16")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged prongs - Hand painted enamel and gilt - BM "W&A" (1-1/8 x 3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged prongs - Design under glass "Leda and the swan" (5/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged prongs - Lithograph in brass - verbal "Oberstdorf" (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Stirrup prongs - Shell Engraved with dye DF (3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Stirrup prongs - Shell with gilding DF (1-5/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle - Brass - BM "Haywar" (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle - Brass with cold enamel DF (1-1/8 x 7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle - Brass with paint DF (1 x 3/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle - Plastic in brass (1")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle (Moveable post) - Glass in metal - paint DF- Oval shape (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle - Brass with paste OME & Paint DF - Realistic shape (1-1/4")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle - White metal - Realistic shape (1-1/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Bullet Toggle - Agate - BM "Austria" (7/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Telescoping - White metal with rhinestones OME (1-1/8")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Telescoping - Glass in metal (1")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Telescoping - White metal with paste OME (1")

6-1.1 Non-separable - Stud with Chain and Pin (Pin for positioning the detachable cuff and preventing loss of the stud)

6-1.1 Non-separable - Hinged Foot with Pin and most of chain missing - Black Glass in brass (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Silvered Brass - (15/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Brass - (1-1/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Carved Bone (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Peasant Silver - Gilded (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Micro-mosaic (5/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Enamel (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Ceramic - Liverpool Transfer (1-1/8 x 7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Gutta Percha (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Bone Post (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Composition (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shell Laminate on Bone (1-1/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Papier Mache (1-1/4 x 7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Tortoise - Silver Inlay (1 x 3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Fabric - Textilograph (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass in Metal (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass Paperweight (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Carved Shell (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Jet (11/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Brass - 1876 Exhibition (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass in Celluloid in Brass (3/4 x 5/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Silvered Brass - (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Ceramic - Encrusted (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Enamel (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass in Metal (5/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Ivory - Paint DF (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Brass - Verbal (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Ceramic - Paint DF (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Sterling Silver - BM "S&Std" (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Bone - Moveable (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Micro-mosaic (1/2")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Russian lacquer (1-3/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Fabric & copper - Political (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Banded Onyx (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Fabric - Verbal (11/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shell (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - White Metal - Rebus (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Horn - Ivory OME (1-1/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - DUG in Brass - Moveable (15/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Ceramic - BM "Wedgwood" (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass Kaleidoscope (1-1/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Wood - Inlay Veneer (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass (1/2")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Banded Agate

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Tortoise - Silver Inlay (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Lithograph set in Sterling (7/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shell - Metal Pin Post (1/2")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Porcelain (5/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Sterling (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Vegetable Ivory (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Vegetable Ivory with Bone Post (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Collar Button - Brass - BM "Checo Plate" (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - White Metal - Advertising (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Tintype set in Brass (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Banded Carnelian (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - DUG in Brass - Moveable Bone Dice (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted Brass - Verbal (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Abalone Laminate on fresh water shell (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Enameled Transfer on Onyx (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Gold on Composition (1-1/8 x 3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Gold Inlay on Composition (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Reverse-painted DUG (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shibayama Insertion Inlay on Ivory (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shakudo (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted Glass in metal (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shakudo (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass Watch Crystal set in metal (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shibayama Insertion Inlay on Ivory (7/8")(1 x 5/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Brass Inlay on Horn (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Gold Inlay on Tortoise (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Paint and Transfer on Shell (1-1/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Glass in Metal (1/2")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted & Encrusted Porcelain (13/16")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted & Encrusted Porcelain (5/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted Porcelain (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted Porcelain (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted Porcelain - Linear Cross Shape (1-1/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Shell - Linear Oval Shape (1-1/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Carved Bone - Linear Square Shape (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Painted Porcelain - Oval Shape(1-1/8 x 3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Micro-mosaic (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Horn - Realistic Shape (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Celluloid (French Amber) Realistic Shape (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Plastic - Realistic Shape (1")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Pietra Dura (1-1/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - White metal - Inexpensive metal stud likely used as favors (~5/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Celluloid - Linear Shape (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Celluloid - BM "Whitehead & Hoag Co." (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Tintype - BM "Baldwin & Gleason Co." (7/8")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Paper under glass in metal - BM "The Pettibone MFG Co." (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - DUG in metal BM "T.M.GOODWIN" (3/4")

6-1.2 Rigid Post - Satsuma ceramic - (5/8")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Brass - BM "PAT'D SEPT 9, 1879" (3/8")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Goldstone (1/2")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Pearl (1/2")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Brass OME on Pearl (1-1/8")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Ivory - Monogram (1-3/8")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Brass - Mason's (1")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Ceramic - Paint DF (3/4")

6-1.3 Separable - Snap - White metal & brass - BM "STALOKT Patented Oct 31, 22" (7/8")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Glass in Metal (11/16")

6-1.3 Separable - Spring/lever - Saphiret glass in metal (3/8")

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Celluloid and 10k Gold

Whole set

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Black Glass and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Gemstone and 14k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Coral on Gold Flake and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Ivory and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Pearl on Black Glass with 14k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Diamond and 14k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - 14k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Amber Glass and 14k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Yellow Quartz and 14k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Black Glass and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Case Glass and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Wood with Gold Inlay and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Opal and 14k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Case Glass and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Coral and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Goldstone and 10k Gold

6-1.4 Spiral Wire Shank - Ruby and 14k Gold

Click these links to see these pdf's of history and information , patents, Peasant silver

and how to mount Links & Studs. You can enlarge the pdf images on your screen.

Some descriptions of these buttons may be cut off. Full descriptions can be seen in the slide show mode.

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Acknowledgements: Thanks to the many collaborators who made their collections available for the images shown on these pages. They include Jane Perry, Mona Brown, Barbara Barrans, Lou Yeargain, Kevin Kinne, William Hentges, Jeffrey Lee, Adrienne Bennett, Shirley Clark, Karen Farnsworth, Kristy Eversole and Simone Kincaid. Special thanks to Jane Perry, author of A Collectors Guide to Peasant Silver Buttons, for images and input related to the special page on Peasant Silver Links, Toggles and Studs. Others who contributed reviews, comments and support included Ellen Alwood, Pat Koehler, Joan Lindsay, Bud Weiser, Ed Hurley, Diane Epting, Gwen Niemisto, and Pat Fields. A special thanks to Joan Lindsay & Joy Journeay for their expert editing skills!

References:

(1) National Button Society Blue Book, Official NBS Classification and Competition Guidelines

(2) A Collectors Guide to Peasant Silver Buttons by Jane Perry. Lulu online Publishing, 2007

(3) 1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue. Ed. Fred L. Israel. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1968. p. 425.US

(4) US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Images, http://www.uspto.gov/. 2008

(5) Cuff Jewelry: A Historical Account for Collectors and Antique Dealers by Howard L. Bell Jr. (http://www.cbweiser.com/books.htm)

(6) Collar and Cuff Industry, Antique Week, Central Edition, November 8, 1999

(7) Cuff Links, Antique Week, Central Edition, September 7, 1998

(8) The Big Book of Buttons by Elizabeth Hughes and Marion Lester. Boyertown, PA: Boyertown Publishing Company, 1981.