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Once Upon A Button: Dueling Dragons with Cut Steels: Antique Picture Buttons

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Saturday, September 5, 2009. Dueling Dragons with Cut Steels: Antique Picture Buttons. With Cut Steel Body. NBS Small, 11/16". Dragon with Cut Steels. NBS Small, 11/16". Dueling Dragons with Cut Steels. Dueling Dragons - Backs. Image and Text © 2009 Anne AKA Once Upon A Button. Please leave your comments! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Once Upon a Button. I enjoy sharing the artistry, workmanship, history, materials, and design of antique clothing buttons. View my complete profile. Once Upon a Button.

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Once Upon A Button: Genesis of a Button Collector/ Button Collecting Advice

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Saturday, September 12, 2009. Genesis of a Button Collector/ Button Collecting Advice. One of My Favorite. Years later, I began looking for buttons in antique shops and at antique shows. I was about twenty-five when I acquired a small button stash from a shop going out of business, including heraldry buttons, transportation buttons, and a set of brass palm trees with silver gilt, all for $5 plus $3 for the trees, because I didn't know what they were worth, and neither did the dealer. As in all antiques, ...

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Hobby Groups - Button Related

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A Button Collector's Website. Seeking information about the button hobby? Here are some contacts. On the attached pages are photos and information from recent events. Mouse click on the organization name and it will take you there. Enjoy! For membership application and rates visit the website www.nationalbuttonsociety.org. Western Regional Button Association. Membership is $25 per year for adults; $5 per year for juniors, and dual membership (2 people at the same address; only 1 newsletter) is $35. With ...

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Once Upon A Button: Guest Book

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009. If you have one or more buttons you treasure, you are a button collector. If you appreciate the design, artistry, and construction of antique buttons, you are a button fan. Either way, please sign this guest book by writing a comment, and let everyone know a little about your passions. Do you own family heirloom buttons? How did you begin button collecting? What types of buttons do you collect? What do you enjoy most about antique buttons? What is your favorite button material?

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Once Upon A Button: King Arthur with a Triple Bar Shank

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Thursday, December 17, 2009. King Arthur with a Triple Bar Shank. A P and Cie Paris. This King Arthur is a one piece solid brass picture button with a triple bar shank, backmarked A P and Cie Depose Paris. Impressive! Image and Text © 2009 Anne AKA Once Upon A Button. April 20, 2010 at 9:12 AM. A friend sent me the link to your blog and Im so thrilled to see your collection. Ive a few buttons (mostly medieval themed), but after seeing yours, a new-found fever for collecting is upon me). Hi Medieval Muse,.

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Once Upon A Button: Trumpeter of Sakingen

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Monday, November 30, 2009. Stamped and Pierced Brass. Cut-Outs, Shiny Steel Liner. This button is another great example of the link between art, design, and popular culture. You can read the detailed story of The Trumpeter of Sakingen within the text of the. Legends of the Rhine. By H A. Geurber (New York: A. S. Barnes and Co, c1895) found at the Internet Archive. Section 316 through 321 is Guerber's summary of the original poem,. The Trumpeter of Sakingen. Please leave your comments! Once Upon a Button.

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Once Upon A Button: Love's Messenger

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Thursday, October 22, 2009. Bird Delivering a Letter. To a Woman at a Window. Stamped and Pierced Brass. Image and Text © 2009 Anne AKA Once Upon A Button. October 28, 2009 at 8:14 AM. What a beautiful button - a story in a gesture. I love your blog! October 28, 2009 at 9:13 AM. Hi BeadRee, Thank you! Ill be posting more buttons soon. Annie. Please leave your comments! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Once Upon a Button. View my complete profile. Once Upon a Button. Guest Book Please Add a Comment.

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Once Upon A Button: Landsknechts Trumpeter: Antique Picture Button

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Thursday, September 24, 2009. Landsknechts Trumpeter: Antique Picture Button. With Short Sword and Shield. Stamped and Pierced Brass. NBS Large, 1 7/16". Landsknechts Trumpeter - Button Back. Image and Text © 2009 Anne AKA Once Upon A Button. Please leave your comments! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Once Upon a Button. I enjoy sharing the artistry, workmanship, history, materials, and design of antique clothing buttons. View my complete profile. Once Upon a Button. Guest Book Please Add a Comment.

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Once Upon A Button: Knight with Mace and Shield

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Knight with Mace and Shield. Knight with Mace and Shield. Knight with Mace and Shield. I purchased this button knowing the knight's shield is dented. Some of my buttons I'm happy to accept with damage, if the price is right, and the damage fits the character of the button and the scene it depicts. I might expect a battle weary knight to have a dented shield. Image and Text © 2009 Anne AKA Once Upon A Button. Please leave your comments! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). North...

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Once Upon A Button: Trumpeter of Sakingen - High Relief

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Trumpeter of Sakingen - High Relief. Brass and Tinted White Metal. This Trumpeter of Sakingen picture button is atypical. See the Trumpeter of Sakingen. Below for another rare example, and for a link to the trumpeter's story. The front of this Trumpeter of Sakingen is a brass escutcheon mounted on a tinted white metal background. With his high boots and dashing plumed hat, Werner, the trumpeter, plays for the lovely Margaretha, and calls her to the window. Once Upon a Button.