Bakelite Painted Yellow

Among the most rare and expensive buttons in my collection are the painted apple juice variety. Carved at the base, these very special curiosities are then daubed with paint in the chiseled out sections. This button depicts three yellow roses. Had the artist opted to paint the flowers a bright shade of pink or red, the result would've been much more eye-catching. Going with yellow in the already-yellowish tone of the AJ Bakelite, the result is less visually impactful. But even so, this is a spectacular example of a painted button from the 1920's.

-Sherbert McGee