obi dome

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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 8 : Obi Dome

8-0 Obi Dome - Wood (1-1/4" x 1")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic with Gold Paint (2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Tortoise Shell - Silver Inlay with Pearl & Tesserae/Lacquer (2 x 1-1/2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Enamel on Silvered Brass (2 x 3/4")

8-0 Obi Dome - Onyx - Realistic shape (1-1/4 x 1-1/8")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ivory - Realistic shape (1-1/4 x 1-1/8")

8-0 Obi Dome - Wood with Lacquer (1-1/2 x 3/4")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic (Kutani Porcelain) (2-3/4 x 1-1/2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic - Linear Shape (1-1/4")

8-0 Obi Dome - Silver with Carnelian OME (1-7/8 x 1-1/4")

8-0 Obi Dome - Tortoise Shell - Realistic shape (1-3/4 x 1-1/8")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic (Kutani Porcelain) (2-3/4 x 1-1/2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic with Paint DF - Koichi Dolls (1-1/8")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic with Paint DF - BM (1-1/4 x 1")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic with Paint DF (1-3/4")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic (1-1/2 Wide")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic with Paint DF (1-7/8")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic - Verbal (1-1/4")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic with Paint DF (2 x 1-1/2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic - Realistic shape - signed (2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic (Kutani Porcelain) (2-3/4 x 1-1/2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic - Realistic shape (1-1/2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic - Realistic shape (1-7/8")

8-0 Obi Dome - Glazed Ceramic - Realistic shape (1-1/2")

8-0 Obi Dome - Fabric (1-7/8" x 7/8")

8-0 Obi Dome - Ceramic with Paint DF (2-1/4" x 1-3/4")

Aikoku Funjinakai Obi Dome

Details on an Aikoku Funjinakai Obi Dome

Example of an Obi Dome on an Obi

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Acknowledgements: Thanks to Lou Yeargain, Gloria Farin, Pat Fields, Bruce Cole, Janet Gerhardt, Judith Schwenk, and Betsy Ciffone for providing the images of obidome shown above. Collaborators who allowed the use of images from their website included Deb Hanson and Jane Quimby and Diane Quintal. Others who contributed reviews, comments and support include Pat Koehler, Lou Yeargain, Ronnie Wexler, and Susan Porter. 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) Obidome by Jocelyn Howells, The National Button Bulletin, Vol. 66, No2, May 2007

(3) Obi-Domes - Gene O'Brien - Just Buttons, August, 1973