Vegetable Ivory Buttons

Dying often brings out the grain.

Vegetable ivory buttons.

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They have not been cleaned.
This palm produces the largest seed of all the vegtable ivory palms in the world of which there are about 12 species.

I am bob benson and i make vegtable ivory buttons.
V353 vegetable ivory ball buttons.
This is a lot of 17 vintage vegetable ivory buttons.

It can be dyed.
Here are some examples you might have in your button cache and information on how to identify it.
Other collectible vintage sewing buttons 1930 now.

Collectible pearl shell sewing buttons.
You sometimes can see unprocessed materials in or around these holes.
One way is to look at the material in or around the shank or button holes.

Since this tree producess a large seed all my buttons are unusually large.
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V569 set of 5 small black veg ivory.

Identifying and cleaning vegetable ivory buttons.
When these buttons were dyed only the outer layers took color so the inside of the button remains the nuts natural color.
8 vegetable ivory buttons vintage half dome black tan mint on card.

This is a matched set.
My buttons are made from a rare palm seed that grows in micronesia.
Vegetable ivory is naturally white with a fine marbled grain structure.

V601 carved veg ivory ball buttons.
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Vegetable ivory buttons sewing 1930 now collectibles.

V539 small orange dyed vegetable ivory.
Collectible vegetable ivory sewing buttons 1930 now collectible sewing button mixed lots.
V599 set of 6 small blue veg ivory.

The purpose of this section is to provide examples of vegetable ivory buttons as defined in the nbs classification guide 1 blue book including one or more examples of each type in the listings and an example that covers each term in the definitions.
Vegetable ivory is a natural renewable rain forest material from a palm tree nut also called tagua and corozo.
V598 veg ivory buttons metal shank.

Vegetable ivory buttons are a natural renewable rain forest material from a palm tree also called tagua and other palm nut names.
V536 pierced flower vegetable ivory.
Vegetable ivory buttons information page.

There are 17 that measure 58 across.
Many vegetable ivory buttons were decorated in a way that used the natural tagua nut colour as contrast to dyed surface.
V540 two tone small.

Tagua nut buttons vegetable ivory buttons vintage vegetable ivory buttons.
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