Art deco is the theme of this week's buttons and here we are on the second day of the big hoopla. These two-tone wonders are made of apple juice Bakelite alternating in an eye-catching design with maroon Bakelite. Aren't they something? Each button is made of seven pieces, all sealed together back in the 1920's and still going strong nearly a century later. Thick as goggles, they resemble abstract lenses or a pair of zany spectacles invented by a pop artist. I looked through these buttons and I could've sworn I saw Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald stepping out of the Plaza Hotel in New York City at the height of their celebrity. As a matter of fact, I purchased this pair of buttons in NYC a few years ago at a now-closed antique shop in Greenwich Village.
-Sherbert McGee
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