Button card

This object is a sample card mounting twenty-three wooden buttons. The buttons are arranged across the card in various circular forms and sizes, showing multiple distinct shades of wood grain from light brown to dark brown. Several examples feature smooth turned surfaces, while others incorporate incised or carved patterns such as concentric ridges, floral motifs, fluting, and leaf-like engravings. A few buttons also feature painted details, including carved accents tinted with coloured pigments.

The buttons are made of hardwood, predominantly partridge wood, produced using lathe turning and carving techniques, with some painted finishes. The card measures 29.8 cm in length and 20.3 cm in width, and the maximum diameter among the buttons is 4.6 cm. Produced circa 1960, the buttons were possibly manufactured by John Templeton (Buttons) Ltd. in Great Britain, or alternatively imported from the Czech Republic or Slovakia.