Hazy Shade of Winter

I'm posting leaf-shaped buttons every day this week and here's a thick black button from the 1930's that tested positive for Bakelite. Stubby and smooth, the button is contoured into a dashing hickory leaf with grooved veins. As large and heavy as it is, this leaf probably once belonged to a high-class winter coat. Otherwise, there's a Bakelite button tree out there—and that's my kind of tree.

-Sherbert McGee