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1950? One small FG Czech glass moonglow button, 1" in diameter, showing a fox, a trellis, a leaf, and grapes. Wire loop shank. $6 from Kathy Hoppe at B'gosh Buttons, Oshkosh, WI, Feb.,' 00.

The background of this unusual button is a milky blue.…

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1890? One small FG brass button, 5/8" in diameter, showing only a close-up of the fox's head, a couple of pieces of wood crossed, and grapes and leaves hanging overhead. A P & Cie, Paris. $10 from Joni Goldbarg through Ebay, April, '99.

This…

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1890? One smaller brass Victorian button, 5/8" in diameter, showing the same scene of the fox looking up at a cluster of grapes, including the curled tendril. Acquired during summer, '99.

This button was clearly meant to be a match to the larger…

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1890? One large dark red-tinted brass Victorian button, 1 3/8" in diameter, showing the fox looking up at a cluster of grapes. $24.99 from Robin Larner, Rochester, NY, through Ebay, July, '99. Extra exemplar without the reddish tint for $25 from…

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1890? One silvered brass FG button with cut steels, slightly over ¾" in diameter, showing the fox looking back at a cluster of grapes. $10 from David Conway, Hooksett, NH, Feb., '00.

This button follows exactly the pattern of the Larner button…

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1890? One one-piece FG stamped-brass button, 1 3/16" in diameter, showing the fox looking back at a cluster of applied steel grapes. $46.50 from Robin Larner, Rochester, NY, through Ebay, April, '99.

This button takes a different artistic…

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1890? A brass FG button 7/8" in diameter, with no dark background. $8.33 from Robin Larner, July, '99.

Identical with the Goldbarg button of the same dimensions, except that this one shows only the bright brass color. See my comments there. Like…

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1890? A brass FG button 7/8" in diameter, showing somewhat less of the scene than the Joyce's Jems buttons. $12 from Joni Goldbarg through Ebay, April, '99.

A tree with a high picket fence replaces the grasses on the left, there is nothing on the…

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1890? 2 matched FG buttons, .6" in diameter. $25 from Joyce's Jems at the Dulles International Antiques Show and Sale, April, '97, and $12 from Joni Goldbarg through Ebay, April, '99.

The same scene as in the 1.5" Joyce's Jems large button.…

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1890? Two large FG buttons, 1.5" in diameter. $50 from Joyce's Jems at the Dulles International Antiques Show and Sale, April, '97 and $20 from Onie Wiedeman, Minot, ND, May, '99.

The Big Book of Buttons (Elizabeth Hughes and Marion Lester, Second…
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