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| The purpose of this gallery is to display some fun and interesting buttons and provide new collectors with insight on how buttons fit in the National Button Society classification system. Most of the examples shown are from Peach State member collections and some have been provided by National Button Society members who have collaborated in this educational effort. The examples shown are just a sample of the very large number of button types collected. Each button below shows the NBS class in parentheses and is a link to sub-class examples. A project to enhance this section is currently underway with the goal to show at least one example of each type of button discussed in the NBS Classification book and to show the back of each class/subclass example. Sections that have been upgraded are shown with yellow highlight. |
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| Celluloid (1) | Ceramics (2) | China (3) |
Enamels (4) |
Fabrics/Textiles (5) |
Black Glass (6) |
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| Clear and Colored Glass(7) | Glass in/on Metal (8) | Horn (9) | Metals (10) | Shell (11) | Synthetic Polymers (12) |
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| Vegetable Ivory (13) | Wood (14) | Other Materials (15) | Animals (17) | Objects (18) | Plants (19) |
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| Other Pictorials (20) | Patterns/Symbols (22) | Backgrounds (23-1) | Back Marks/Types (23-2) | Back Types-Shanks (23-3) | Construction Types (23-6) |
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| Shapes (23-10) | Realistics (23-10.3) | Studios (23-11) | Eighteenth Century (24) | Usage (25) | Uniform (Div II) |
| The parentheses above identify the NBS Division I, III, and IX section numbers (2009/2010 Awards Edition) for the buttons displayed by the link. Parentheses on the section pages indicate class/subclass. Examples for all classes and subclasses are not yet included. Selected classes of Section 23 (i.e. backmarks, shanks, and shapes) are shown separately to provide additional educational examples. A link to Division II Uniform buttons is also provided. Please forward corrections or suggestions to Paul@buttoncountry.com. | |||||
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