Lot of 43 Tiny Mother of Pearl Shell Antique carved Self Shank Buttons mix

Description

Lot of 43 Tiny Mother of Pearl shell antique self shank buttons.
A mixture of pairs and sets.
Beautifully Iridescent!
Lot includes a pair of hexagon shape (lower left in pictures)
and one tiny carved star in the big group of ambers in the bottom 2 rows
Sizes range from 1/2 inch, to 1/4 inch, tiny!
colors range from white iridescent, amber, dark smoky, dark blue.
One of the amber set 1/2 inch size is chipped.
Straight from our grandmother's vintage button tin!
See pictures.
Three generations of button tins that I inherited, sorted and grouped by date, material type, size and color.
1920’s -1930’s: Mother of Pearl, Smokey mother of pearl, Natural Bone, Horn, Wood, Glass, and Jet glass.
1940’s -1950’s: Vegetable Ivory or Catalin, Brass, Filigree, Stamped Brass, Celluloid, Rhinestone, Ceramic, Glass.
1960’s -1970’s: Plastic, Metal, Fabric Covered.
Note that the pictures are part of the sale so please study them carefully. More pictures available upon request.
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