New Finds

Realistic dog buttons.

These lovely plastic buttons with hand-painted detailing are found on Rex C. Norris ‘Jack and Jill’ cards. Some, presumably the earlier, ‘Jack and Jill’ cards are marked as produced soley by Rex C. Norris, which may date from 1940. In 1946 Mr Norris combined his two concerns, ‘Rex C Norris’ and ‘Norris Accessories’ into ‘Rex C. Norris Pty Ltd”. Blue versions of this button appear on a Pty Ltd version of the card. They were advertised only in 1953.  Therefore these dogs date from approximately 1946-1953.

Glass Kangaroo

I hazard that this button was produced in “Western Germany”  in the early 1950s, although it could have been produced in Czechoslavakia. Similar glass buttons with gold or silver painted highlights exist for kookaburras and koalas. I also have a black glass platypus without painted highlighting.

See http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/australian-button-history/australiana-fauna-and-flora-on-buttons-and-other-kitsch-kkks/  for more examples.

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