If I wasn't so into Bakelite, I could easily see myself collecting buttons made out of abalone. Iridescent and fishy, the stuff's caught my eye ever since I was a kid—back when I got hypnotized looking at one of my grandmother's mother-of-pearl brooches. At any rate, here's a unique button that delivers up both of the coveted riches: Bakelite and abalone. The Bakelite is a prime example of faux tortoise, or rootbeer, with six clefts cut into the border for a design that really gets this button popping. The abalone centerpiece is a five-petaled daffodil that shimmers in a supernatural tone of perfectly perplexing purplish silver. From the 1920's and very much a rare wonder.
-Sherbert McGee
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