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A wonderful way to learn more about the history of china buttons and to explore the different shapes and finishes is to look at the original cards that the salespeople used to take orders for the buttons. These are a real treasure to find. Several collectors have shared their sales sample cards. Click on the name to see the card. Some of the scans take awhile to load...but they are well worth the wait.R&C Sample Card
From the collection of BJ SmyersR&C Lingerie Card
From the collection of Jody BehrbaumR&C Perles Card
From the collection of Jody BehrbaumR&C Porcelana Card
From the collection of Jody BehrbaumFelix Bapterosses Card
From the collection of Jody BehrbaumChina Stencils Card
From the collection of Freda KnightChina Stencils Card
From the collection of Freda KnightChina Stencils Card from Chigago Progressive Mercantile Co.
From the collection of Freda KnightF B Nouveaute Card of Two-Hole Chinas
As pictured in the Guidelines for Collecting China Buttons on page 49 (plate 28)Two F B Cards of Calico Buttons
As pictured in the Guidelines for Collecting China Buttons on page 125 (plate 77)
From the collection of Millicent SafroPortion of Sample Card with Interesting Calico Shapes
From the collection of Julia Coons.Agate Button Sample Card from Czechoslovakia
From the collection of Janet White.Agate Button Sample Card from Czechoslovakia
Shows the range of color. From the collection of Janet White.F B Agate Button Sample Card
From the collection of Alice Anne Krautter.Stencil Sample Card (Pattern #20)
From the collection of Pam Luke.
It's always exciting to find china buttons still sewn to their original sales cards. Here are some examples from our collections. If you have an original sales card or a salesman's sample card, we'd love to add your scan.Original Sales Cards
Dark-body Calicoes
From the Bapterosses Factory Museum
Briare, France
Note the notation of the price penciled in the lid.
Stencil #12
Muscatine, Iowa
Janet White
"Off-Shapes" 2-hole fisheyes
Lansing Buttons
Janet White
Calico Buttons
Janet White
Pattern Eye Chinas
Janet White
Bull's-Eye Chinas
Julia Coons
China Mounds
Judye Stewart
Black oval-eyes with silver luster banded edge
Judye Stewart
Pie Crusts with green or brown bands
Judye Stewart
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