Vintage Dog Buttons
Flat animal (and other) shaped buttons were advertised in Australia from 1936-1946. They were stamped out of sheets of coloured casein; sometimes with hand chasing and/or painting.
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The Sun (Sydney), 5th October 1936 page 12. ” … green bone dog buttons on the grey crepe de Chine blouse …” They were probably casein rather than bone.
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The Sun (Sydney), 2nd May 1937 “… four kelpie dog buttons, all of different colours, fastening (the) frock.”
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The Australian Women’s Weekly, 16th September 1939 page 31.
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1937
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1939
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1941
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Coronet (Australian distributors) examples.
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