Buttons & Bows

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Introduction
Painted for the 2008 Collectors’ Day by Doreen Bright and partly inspired by The Button Queen in London, which also sells beads and buckles. Although not a formal collector, every button on this painting is from Doreen’s own small collection.
This 2004 model is from the Victorian High Street in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire.

 The store in Marylebone Lane, W1.

George Washington Inaugural Buttons are sought after in the US. This rare brass example has an eagle with a sunburst over. It is inscribed with the words, “March the Fourth 1789 Memorable Era”. 

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Hazle Ceramics
Buttons & Bows
Limited Painting of 30
on Pateley Bridge 1

 Buttons reflect all great periods of art. This enamel is in the style of Mucha, an Art Nouveau artist.

UK/Europe £69.50
Rest of World £60.43

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Button History
Early decorative stone “buttons” date to 10,500 BCE. The first functional buttons are attributed to 13th century Germany. By 1250 France had a Button Makers Guild. Buttons usually mirror past events, including military history. They were often used as a form of jewellery. Queen Victoria popularised black jet for mourning and her era was the heyday of button making. With plastic buttons and printed designs, they are usually less precious today.

 Storming of the Bastille in 1789, made in painted ivory under glass.
 Materials include enamel, glass, ivory, fabric, metal, bakelite, shell, gems, horn, wood, china and plastic.