Here comes a pair of buttons in creamed corn Bakelite with etched designs adorning the tops like starry Mexican Christmas decorations. Over the years, I've seen buttons just like this pair many times in antique shops and in the collections of Bakelite junkies like me; and one thing is always the same: the stars on the buttons are consistently painted blue or pink, just as they are in this photo. Adding subtle details to the buttons' visual appeal, notice that small, angled pieces have been cut from the rims—giving the buttons a petaled shape. circa 1928.
-Sherbert McGee
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