I was saving this button for a special occasion on this blog—like an anniversary or a holiday, but sometimes you just have to say, "today's the day!" So here it is. This garish oddity is unlike anything else in my collection. Size-wise, this could be a brooch. It's definitely a button. The Bakelite base is a rare tone of butterscotch-mustard that's carved into a sort of scalloped platter bearing a fiery orange (Bakelite) bead. A widely drawn-out button from the 1920's, there's something almost Egyptian about this one. Picture it on an exotic blouse, perhaps designed by a long-ago designer such a Florrie Westwood or Jean Patou. Truly outlandish.
-Sherbert McGee
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