Scenic Button Sets. Buttons with scenes are miniature works of art. They are extremely desirable and often command high prices, especially if they are complete sets.
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Below are some examples and price guides of scenic button sets including a collection of micro mosaic button set and a set of twelve Georgian field buttons.
Six buttons with pastoral scenes Button ca. 1780 – ca. 1800 (made)
This is a collection of six carved ivory buttons made in France (Dieppe) in about 1780-1800. These buttons are carved with amorini and shepherdesses, with landscape accessories set against a red tinsel background. The two leading cities for ivory carving were Paris and Dieppe. Luxury items, such as combs were often made in Paris, especially during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. During the seventeenth century Dieppe became increasingly significant for small-scale sculpture in ivory, perhaps because it was a port.
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
A COLLECTION OF DRESS STUDS AND BUTTONS including a boxed suite of micro mosaic cuff-links and buttons showing Roman scenes, a suite of pietra dura buttons in fitted box, and a suite of gold and amethyst buttons in fitted box
Sold for AU$ 2,440 (£ 1,291) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGIAN SILVER FIELD BUTTONS Each circular button engraved with a ship and headland beneath the inscription ‘Wormshead Hunt 1794 Try’, hallmarked London 1794, maker’s mark WS, gross weight approximately 44g, fitted case Jenner & Knewstub
Sold for GBP 1,500 at Christie’s in 2020
