The combination of Bakelite and glass is a covetous blend and a guaranteed rarity. In my large collection of Bakelite I only own two buttons that showcase Bakelite with glass. Last year I posted one of them and today I'm posting the other. Today's post is a large black button with a silvery glass escutcheon that resembles a hodgepodge of coins all piled up in a wishing well. Notice that the escutcheon is a hexagonal piece of glass wedged into a circular cutout and that the Bakelite is carved twelve times going around the glass midsection. At a glance, this buttons looks somewhat straightforward; but it's a deceptively intricate piece of work. To see my other Bakelite+glass button, scroll back to March 26, 2018 and brace yourself because it's a wowzer. c. 1940.
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-Sherbert McGee
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