Pictorial Glossary of Button Terms

This glossary is growing.  Terms that have pictures already available show up as links (red). Textual descriptions have been diliberately avoided to preclude the possibility of copyright infringement.

Abalone Applejuice Bakelite Arita Backmark Bakelite Bone Bird-cage shank Calico Celluloid Ceramic Cut Steels China Conventional design Coronet Diminutive Enamel Glow Bubble Inlay

Jelly-belly Lampwork Large Linley measure Lucite Mercury Back Metallized Plastic Modern Medium Moonglow Paperweight Pictorial Pierced Plique-a-jour Pseudo-paperweight Radiant (38k) Railroad

Realistic Ringer Rubber Satsuma Self-shank Size Small Stencil Tingue Tinted Tole Two-piece paperweight Vegetable Ivory Whistle Wood