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Joyce's Jems

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Bronze Wolf and Crane button, 1890

 Item — Box: CFC Buttons Box 1
Identifier: CFC2019.0198.1.37
Abstract

Clearly the same scene as the larger Gotbuttons and Goldbarg versions of WC. Thus it is also developed from J.J. Grandville's illustration. The doctor's pan is not so easy to identify here. The stance of the figures is that of Grandville's illustration. The stamped metallic front again seems to have been folded over the back with a self-shank surrounded by the manufacturer information quoted above.

Dates: 1890

Fox and Grapes button, 1890

 Item — Box: CFC Buttons Box 1
Identifier: CFC2019.0198.1.18
Abstract

The same scene as in the 1.5" Joyce's Jems large button. Apparently they were meant to be used together. The buttons seem to have a circle of metal shaped around the hook-bearing metallic or celluloid base.

Dates: 1890

Large Fox and Grapes button, 1890

 Item — Box: CFC Buttons Box 1
Identifier: CFC2019.0198.1.25
Abstract

The Big Book of Buttons (Elizabeth Hughes and Marion Lester, Second printing: 1991, Plate 152, #4). The depth of this button makes the rubbed high points of its scene stand out in lovely fashion from the dark background on the Joyce's Jems exemplar, while the Wiedeman is much brighter throughout. A real prize!

Dates: 1890

Small Fox and Stork Button, 1890

 Item — Box: CFC Buttons Box 1
Identifier: CFC2019.0198.1.14
Abstract

As with the 1" buttons with which these seem to be matched, a brass-colored band seems to be folded over the hook-bearing celluloid back and the bronze and black metallic front of the button. The stork has its long beak in the vase while the fox looks on. These two smaller buttons seem identical to me, though I do not think that they are identical with the slightly smaller FS button.

Dates: 1890