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button question: Coachman’s button
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Cameo with steel border
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Movable Doorknocker button
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Spider Web
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Pearl Fruit
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Pearl Overlay Grape
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Gray pearl background
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Gray pearl behind curvilinear triad
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Green snail in brass
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Pearl background, stylized
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Grey pearl held by two sides
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Art Deco background
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Grey pearl in blackened brass
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Grey pearl in brass
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Pearl set in metal, lacquered
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Ginko leaves over pearl
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Art Nouveau Leaves, Pearl
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Mistletoe, Pearl
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Cameo, Conch
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Three Graces Dancing
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