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Buttons: Material → 11-6 Mounted in/on metal

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

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