Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Shell Buttons

Pearl Buttons made from mussel shells.
The card indicates the small size 16 line buttons are suitable for children's clothing. The tiny buttons were used on baby or doll clothes. The styles shown are two-hole with fisheye (on card), two-hole, four-hole, and self-shank.

Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.

<b>Pearl Buttons</b> made from mussel shells. <br>The card indicates the small size 16 line buttons are suitable for children's clothing. The tiny buttons were used on baby or doll clothes. The styles shown are two-hole with fisheye (on card), two-hole, four-hole, and self-shank.