The China Exchange, Too

In Pursuit of the China Button

Hobnail gaiters had also received elaborate decorative treatments.

In the case with the familiar shape 4 gaiters, were gaiters with calico and marbled finishes. Many of the buttons in these cases were heavily trimmed with gold.

Inside the museum many sample cards were displayed inside floor to ceiling glass cases.

We recognized some inserted two-way self shank examples, in the company of many body types and finishes we had not seen before.

This is a close up of some of the unusual bodies we presumed also to be inserted two-way self shank buttons.

Another sample card mixed whistles with more inserted two-way self shanks. The swirl pattern was eye-catching.

Some of the cases showed much larger cards with a variety of buttons and beads, perhaps for reference within the factory.