Vegetable Ivory  (Section 13)

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Celluloids
Ceramics1
China
Enamel
Fabric1
Black Glass
Clear/Colored Glass
Glass In/On Metal
Horn
Metals
Shell1
Synthetic
Vegetable Ivory
Wood
Other Materials
Animals
Objects
Plants
Other Pictorials
Patterns
Backgrounds
Back Mark Types
Shanks
Construction Types
Shapes
Realistics
Studios
Eighteenth Century
Usage (Non-Military)
Uniform

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13-4 OME/Brass/Rimmed  (3/4")

13-4 OME/Birmingham Trade/Brass/Paste/Engraved (3/4")

13-4 OME/Glass/VI with VI  (3/8")

13-4 OME/Brass  (1")

13-4 OME/Composition/Paste  (3/4")

13-4 OME/Butterfly Wing  (1-7/8")

13-4 OME/Paste  (1/2")

13-4 OME/Metal  (1")

13-4 OME/Glass  (9/16")

13-4 OME/Shell  (15/16")

13-5 Shapes/Linear/Pressed  (5/8")

13-5 Shapes/Linear/Pressed/Dye (5/8")

13-5 Shapes/Contour/Cone  (3/4")

13-5 Shapes/Contour/Ball  (5/8")

13-5 Shapes/Realistic/Carved  (1-1/4")

 13-6.1 Methods/Engraved/Paint/Verbal  (5/8")

13-6.1 Methods/Carved/Pierced/Dyed   (15/16")

13-6.1 Methods/Turned-Lathed/VI with VI  (7/8")

13-6.1 Methods/Engraved/Backmark  (3/4")

13-6.1 Methods/Laser Engraved (1")

13-6.2 Methods/Pierced   (15/16")

13-6.3 Pressed/Dye/Backmark  (15/16")

13-6.3 Methods/Pressed/Honeycomb Pattern  (7/8")

13-6.3 Methods/Pressed/Diaper Pattern  (7/8")

13-6.3 Methods/Pressed/Pictorial  (1")

13-6.3 Pressed/Dye/Work Clothes  (13/16")

13-6.3 Pressed/Work Clothes  (3/4")

13-7 Unlisted/Mounted in Metal  (1-1/8")

13-7 Unlisted/Background  (5/8")

13-7 Unlisted/Background/Celluloid/Paste/Brass  (3/4")

13-7 Unlisted/Backmark-4 Star (5/8")

13-7 Unlisted/Backmark-3 Star (5/8")

13-7 Unlisted/Backmark-LaMode (3/4")

See Division 2 - Uniform (7/8")

Tagua Nut - Source of VI (1-3/4")

  

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Classes or Subclasses Shown

Examples for all classes/subclasses are shown. Other variations within subclasses will exist.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to the Peach State Button Club members for providing the majority of the buttons shown in the above images. Special thanks to Karen Farnsworth, Louella Yeargain, Barbara Barrans, and Pat Fields for collaborating in the update of this section including their contribution of several of the button images shown as examples.  The author takes full responsibility for any errors in the classification examples.