Put this button in a slingshot and you could take down a Mastodon. Chunky, chunky chunky! Did I mention that this button is considerably chunky? Made for a sturdy fabric, it's a coat button in fiery creamed tomato Bakelite with fine veins of yellow mixed into the bright red tone. What's difficult to photograph about this button is its wedge-like girth, as this baby is truly sizable. The deep carvings going around the button are reminiscent of a stylized sunburst and what's more, the button is girded in a metal belt that's dotted in rhinestones. Inasmuch as this rugged beauty goes back to the 1920's, some of the stones are missing. But a few lost gems are nothing compared to the hearty magnitude of this Bakelite wowzer.
-Sherbert McGee
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