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Late 19th/Early 20th Cent. Political Buttons

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A Tiffany Favrile Blue Glass Button: American, late 19th/early 20th century, press molded button with stylized flower head, metal backplate, 1-3/4 in.; together with two glass prisms and over 15 small loose "jewels" and glass piecesÿÿ

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GROUP OF VICTORIAN PICTURE BUTTONS: Late 19th-early 20th century. Group includes approximately 34 buttons including steel cut, flowers, fruit, girl with bird, butterfly, moon, etc. All approximately .5" diameter

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GROUP OF METAL BUTTONS: Late 19th-early 20th century. Large card of metal buttons including many steel cut. .5" - 1.5" diameter

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TWO CARDS OF MILK GLASS BUTTONS: Late 19th-early 20th century. Two cards of milk glass buttons with approximately 88 buttons. Most with paint decoration and accents. .25"-.75" diameter

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TWO COLLECTOR CARD SUITES OF DIVISION I SATSUMA BUTTONS: TWO COLLECTOR CARD SUITES OF DIVISION I SATSUMA BUTTONSJapan, late 19th- early 20th century, porcelain. Two medium size hand painted groupings with matching suites of six (6) on time-aged card stock;

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GROUP OF METAL BUTTONS: Late 19th-early 20th century. Large card of Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco metal buttons including steel cut, paint decorated and with large colored stones. .5" - 1.75" diameter

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TWO CARDS OF VINTAGE GLASS BUTTONS: Late 19th-early 20th century. Group consists of various colors of glass buttons, most with gilt details, some with rhinestone accents. .5"-.75” diameter

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LOT POLITICAL MEMORABILIA PINBACK TOKEN LAPEL STUD: Large lot of Political memorabilia from 19th & 20th Century candidates including 4 pinback buttons, 2 lapel studs, FDR elongated Cent, and 6 tokens. Lot also includes: a) Paper Republican Ticket for U

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[U.S. PRESIDENTS]. A group of 8 late 19th/early 20th: [U.S. PRESIDENTS]. A group of 8 late 19th/early 20th century volumes. Including: BALCH, William Ralston. Life and Public Services of General James A. Garfield. Philadelphia: J.C. McCurdy & Co., 1881.

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A Sioux beaded doctor's bag: A Sioux beaded doctor's bagLate 19th/early 20th centuryThe bag with fully beaded bag exterior with geometric and flag motifs in white, red, blue, and green beads, with a metal frame and handle, with a

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Late 19th/Early 20th Cent. Political Buttons

Item Details

Description

Thirty-one (31) campaign and political party ephemera items, primarily William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, including one (1) Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis "UNCLE SAM'S 'WHITE' ELEPHANT." 1st-18th items: Eighteen (18) campaign and political party pinback buttons, primarily McKinley and Roosevelt, with some William Howard Taft, Parker, Grand Old Party, "Bull Moose" party, and others, including one (1) Parker and Davis "UNCLE SAM'S 'WHITE' ELEPHANT" campaign button, 1904, depicting a white elephant with black and white lettering above and below against a red background, surrounded by a blue border with white lettering, and one (1) Roosevelt "DON'T BE A MAVERICK" campaign button, 1904, depicting a steer with the Roosevelt brand against a field, surrounded by black lettering against an off white background. Fifteen (15) retain back papers, including "WHITE ELEPHANT and "MAVERICK." Ranging in size from 13/16" to 1 5/8" L. 19th item: Roosevelt related embossed lithographed die cut tin tab rendered in the shape of a bear with black lettering reading "TEDDY BEAR/BREAD" across its chest and abdomen, wearing a red jacket, yellow and red plaid pants, shoes, and pince-nez, a style of glasses. 2 1/8" L. 20th-24th items: Four (4) campaign and political party ribbon badges, including McKinley, Roosevelt, Garret Augustus Hobart, William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" to 10 1/4" L. 25th-31st items: Seven (7) assorted Roosevelt, McKinley, and patriotic related ephemera, including two (2) pinback badges, two (2) pins, two (2) buttonhole pins, and one (1) token with drill hole. Ranging in size from 1/2" to 2 3/8" L. Provenance: Private Southern estate.

Condition

All items in overall good condition with surface wear, tarnish, to be expected from age. 1st-18th items: Two with hairlines to surface. 19th item: Overall good condition with surface wear, areas of loss, largest 1/2". Rust visible to reverse. Drill hole to abdomen. 20th-24th items: Fraying, staining, tears, largest 1 1/4", to ribbon. One with scotch tape repair to reverse. One ribbon in fragmentary condition.