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Vintage Buttons


Vintage and antique buttons are all the rage. We come across many old vintage and antique buttons in our search for the perfect buttons to make our button clasps. We have found some that you may enjoy working with or simply adding to cloths for fun. Enjoy this collection of vintage and antique buttons.
Vintage Button Lot - A Super Mix!    
This is a nice mix of sizes and materials. What you see is what you get. Some are really pretty and some are not. The price is very nice. 70 Buttons in all.
$4/lot
Item #11084


Vintage Button Lot - A Super Mix!    
This is a nice mix of sizes and materials. What you see is what you get. Some are really pretty and some are not. The price is very nice. 70 Buttons in all.
$4/lot
Item #11082


Vintage Button Lot - Old Rubber and Composition Buttons    
There may be some old wood buttons as well as rubber . These are really old. Some have metal shanks. It’s a pretty good lot for the $.
$4/the lot
Item #11081


Vintage Button Lot - 105 Old Buttons    
This is a nice mix of sizes and materials. What you see is what you get. Some are really pretty and some are not. The price is very nice.
$4/the lot
Item #11080


Vintage Button Lot  - 106 Buttons Total    
This is a nice mix of sizes and materials. What you see is what you get. Some are really pretty and some are not. The price is very nice.
$4/the lot
Item #11079


Vintage Carnival Glass Buttons    
11mm round. These old goodies are from Czechoslovakia. They have that wonderful sheen seen on carnival glass made during the depression. The color is a beautiful wheat with that wonderful finish. Fun buttons.
$3.50/12 buttons
Item #11078


Vintage White Oval Buttons with Golden Shank    
18 x 25mm. Check out the enlargement to see the backside as well as the front. An unusual glass button designed with an added golden toned shank. cira 1950’s. Can’t you see these on a lady’s suit jacket?
$4/4 buttons
Item #11077


Vintage Czech Glass White Floral Design Buttons    
13mm round. These old buttons have the shank and design molded into the glass. Great old buttons.
$3.50/6 buttons
Item #11076


Vintage White Czechoslovakian Glass Buttons with Style    
26mm round. These have a shank and stunning detailed design molded into the glass. Great old charming buttons.
$5/4 buttons
Item #11075


Vintage Large La Mode Buttons -Black Faceted    
35mm round. These buttons are nice and big. Made in Czechoslovakia. They are a black molded glass with the "La Mode" signature on the backs. The faceted is quite nice. These are rather old and may have some imperfections, that’s the beauty of vintage. . . .isn’t it? I can picture these big buttons on a heavy sweater or coat or in a wonderful jewelry design. Hum. . . .
$3.50/2 buttons
Item #11074


Vintage Buttons on Cards    
These are pretty old. Vintage buttons on their original cards. Two of the cards are not complete, but the nostalgia is there. Super price. You get what you see in the image.
$3.50
Item #10804


Vintage Buttons on Cards    
These are pretty old. Vintage buttons on their original cards. Two of the cards are not complete, but the nostalgia is there. Super price.
$3.50/lot seen
Sold out Item #10803


Vintage Reproduction Carnival Glass Buttons - Green    
9mm square. Made in the Czech Republic. These glass buttons have a shank molded into the button. The back has a foil coating to give the best reflective quality to the button. Pretty.
$10/pair
Item #10633


Vintage Reproduction Carnival Glass Buttons - Ruby    
13mm square. Made in the Czech Republic. These glass buttons have a shank molded into the button. The back has a foil coating to give the best reflective quality to the button. Pretty.
$15/pair
Item #10632


Vintage Reproduction Carnival Glass Buttons - Ruby    
9mm square. Made in the Czech Republic. These glass buttons have a shank molded into the button. The back has a foil coating to give the best reflective quality to the button. Pretty.
$10/pair
Item #10631


Vintage Crystal Encrusted Buttons with larger Shank    
13mm round. Outstanding. These have a silver plate. The enlargement shows the backside of one of the buttons so that you can see the shank. The shank is a bit larger than our other grouping of Encrusted Buttons. These have signs of their old age, so a little yellowing is to be expected. Very nice.
$10/4 buttons
Item #10578


Vintage Crystal Encrusted Buttons with Shank    
13mm round. Outstanding. These have a silver plate. The enlargement shows the backside of one of the buttons so that you can see the shank. The shank is a bit smaller than our other grouping of Encrusted Buttons. These have signs of their old age, so a little yellowing is to be expected. Very nice.
$10/4 buttons
Item #10577


Vintage Milky White Glass "Skim Milk" Buttons    
7mm round. I like to describe the color of these old buttons as "skim milk" white. They have that tranlucent white look. The shank is actually a part of the button. Sweet Old Skim Milk Buttons!
$5/24 buttons
Item #10535


Vintage Lucite & Rhinestone Buttons    
10mm round. These old buttons are new old stock from the 40’s. These buttons have a pretty green tint that is most likely due to their age. They have embedded shanks and a rhinestone center. Nice!!!
$6.75/12 buttons
Item #10534


Vintage Mother of Pearl Button Strands    
8mm round. These old beauties are "Made in Japan". They are wafer thin and top quality mother of pearl. The holes are on the edge of the button. You will receive a strand that is almost 6" long with approximately 140 buttons on the strand. These are very old and rare. Check out the enlargement.
$18/lot of 140
Item #10208


Vintage Mother of Pearl Shell Single Hole Buttons    
10mm round with a single hole in the center. This is a flat disc originally produced in the 1920’s for the textile industry for buttons that originally had a metal shank added in the center. These were in their original boxes marked "Made in Japan". Old and naturally beautiful. What nice additions these would make to jewelry designs of today? Hum. . . .
$6/24 buttons
Item #9192


Vintage Mother of Pearl Double Drilled Buttons - 14mm    
These are vintage - Made in Japan. A quality Mother of pearl shell buttons with two holes on the edge. These are thin embellishments. Rare indeed!
$6/24 buttons
Item #5894


Vintage-Antique Mother of Pearl Buttons    
15 x 18mm rectangular buttons. These are made in Japan. Very nice quality!
$10.75/lot of 12 buttons as pictured
Item #5877


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