Button #1 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (center has 9 raised stripes, two sides of
middle stripes have molded smocking pattern)
Size: Small (19/32nd inch)
Examples found: white with overall marigold luster, white with overall pearl luster,
matte black
Button #2 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded spiral)
Size: Small (1/2 inch)
Examples found: dark blue, grey, medium brown, teal, black
Button #3 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (faceted contour, creating 6 pointed star
when looked at straight down))
Size: Small (13/32nd inch)
Examples found: white with silver luster, black with silver luster
Button #4 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, Guidelines shape #5 (molded imitation fabric weave:
broken stripes of long dashes, two stripes of the same pattern of dashes, alternating
with a single stripe of dashes)
Size: Small (15/32nd inch)
Examples found: grey, beige (unlisted) with stenciled dark brown patterns of curved
lines
Inserted shank color: black
Button #5 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded center stripe of leaves and
flower, raised plain stripe on either side; portion of center pattern on outside of plain
stripes)
Size: Small (7/16th inch)
Examples found: brown with overall gold luster
Button #6 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (similar to pattern 13 in the Guidelines: 10
molded ridges, with deep grooves between; molded raised edge on same level as
ridges)
Size: Small (9/16th inch)
Examples found: grey with mottled dark brown
Inserted shank color: black
Button #7 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded surface of raised asymmetrical
wavy line ridges, with fine cross-hatch lines along the tops of the ridges, reminiscent of
imitation fabric)
Size: Small (15/32nd inch, 9/16th inch)
Examples found: turquoise, brown, white, light grey-blue; all colors with gold luster on
the high points
Button #8 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded top of radiating lines, faceted
point at center, surrounded by 10 imitation beads)
Size: Small (13/32nd inch, 9/16th inch)
Examples found: white with pearl luster, black, dark brown
Button #9 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded top of four thick raised ridges
with five fine lower ridges between each of the thick ridges)
Size: Small: (1/2 inch)
Example found: dark blue
Button #10 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded high contour top--six-petalled
flower with depressed center--almost an imitation whistle)
Size: Small (3/8th inch)
Example found: brick red/brown with gold luster, pink
Button #11 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded face with six-pointed star and
three lines crossing the middle of the star, going to the raised edge of the button)
Size: Small (1/2 inch, 9/16th inch)
Examples found: black, brick orange, turquoise, dark brown, light blue-grey, 2 medium
browns, grey-beige, medium blue, dark blue
Button #12 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded face similar to button #9 above,
with slightly angled lines across the tops of the raised ridges, creating an imitation rope
effect)
Size: Small (7/16th inch, 1/2 inch, 17/32nd inch, 9/16th inch, 19/32nd inch)
Examples found: light grey blue, yellow cream, white cream; white with yellow luster,
with silver luster, with green luster, with pink luster and with orange paint; brick orange
with gold luster, teal, black with iridescent luster and with silver luster
Button #13 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded face of 7 fine recessed ridges
between two heavy thick ridges, making up center half of the button--two outer quarters
have a vertical banister-like railing and column set-up)
Size: Small (3/8 inch, 1/2 inch)
Examples found: white with orange luster, pink luster and dark red, light blue, orange
paint; brick orange with gold luster
Button #14 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (as on button # 8 above, molded face with
faceted point at center, surrounded by 10 imitation beads, on background of molded
fine criss-cross pattern)
Size: Small (7/16th inch, 1/2 inch)
Examples found: white with gold luster on highlights, pink luster on highlights, overall
pink luster, overall pale yellow luster, overall pearl luster; off-white with light green
luster, black, turquoise with metallic pink luster on highlights, teal
Button #15 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded multi-petal flower on flat
background)
Size: Small (1/2 inch)
Example found: translucent grey with aurora luster
Button #16 (seen in the Bapterosses Museum, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded maze-like top)
Size: Small (1/2 inch)
Examples seen: dark blue, dark olive green, brick brown, bright red
Button #17 (from a flea market in France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded top of four overlapping imitation
fabric pieces)
Size: Small (7/16th inch)
Example found: light blue with overall pearl luster
Button #18 (from a flea market in France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded top of delicate diagonal lines
creating star flower design)
Size: Small (3/8 inch)
Body color: soft pink with iridescent luster
Button #19 (from a flea market in France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted shape (molded top of six overlapping imitation
fabric pieces)
Size: Small (3/8 inch)
Example found: matte beige
Button #20 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank (smooth top, oval shape) (perhaps shape #12 in
Guidelines?)
Size: Small (9/16th long by 7/16th inch wide)
Example found: cream with dots of dark brown glaze
Button #21 (from a person who worked in the Bapterosses factory)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted (molded face in image of a boar's head)
Size: Small (11/16th inch, 3/4 inch)
Examples found: black, cream, teal, rose, light blue-grey, dark blue, with white glaze on
rose, black, light blue-grey, dark blue; dark brown on cream
Button #22 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted (molded face in image of a matte multi-petalled
flower, on a smooth shiny background)
Size: Medium (31/32 inch)
Example found: shiny black flat background with matte black flower
Button #23 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted (faceted contour top creating 8 pointed star
when looked at straight down)
Size: Diminutive (3/16th inch)
Examples found: light grey-blue, brick orange, mustard yellow, dark blue, grey, light
brown, dark grey, red/brown
Button #24 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted (molded, geometric, three sides of a cube, with
fine grooves and ridges diagonally across the sides of the cube)
Size: Diminutive (3/16th inch)
Examples found: black with iridescent luster, aqua, light brown, white with cream
luster, brick orange, cobalt blue, orange
Button #25 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, unlisted (molded contour top: six concentric pie-parts,
alternating vertical and horizontal lines)
Size: Diminutive (3/16th inch)
Examples found: dark green, brown, black
Buttons #26 and #27 (from a flea market in France)
Salesman's sample card showing 29 colors of inserted two-way self shanks, Guidelines
shape #20 button. Note: small pink button in upper left corner has a molded self-shank,
unlisted, with same shape #20 top.
Button #28
Close-up of button in upper left hand corner of salesman’s sample card in #26 above.
Molded top in shape #20, Guidelines, with a molded self shank, unlisted.
Size: small (3/8th inch)
Button #29 (bought from a US button dealer)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, green body, pattern #20, with red and yellow paint.
Buttons attributed to Bapterosses; paint attributed to Blanpain. See pages 100-107,
Boutons, by Loic Allio.
Button #30 (from a button dealer in France who bought out Blanpain stock)
Inserted Two-Way Self Shank, white body, pattern #20, with red, blue and yellow paint.
Buttons attributed to Bapterosses; paint attributed to Blanpain. See pages 100-107,
Boutons, by Loic Allio.
Buttons #31, 32, 33 (from flea markets in France)
Two-hole china buttons, hand-painted.
Buttons attributed to Bapterosses; paint attributed to Blanpain.
Button #34 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Two-hole "wavy" button. Unlisted.
Size: small (5/8 inch; medium 3/4 inch)
Examples found: royal blue, pastel pink, soft yellow, pale blue
Button #35 (from a flea market in France)
Two-hole, unlisted (molded china button with 7-petalled flower).
Size: small (9/16th inch)
Examples found: pastel pink, cream
Button(s) #36 (from a flea market in France)
"FB" Sample card of two-hole buttons: mounds, hollow eyes, oval eyes
Button #37 (from the gift shop at Bapterosses factory/museum. Note: they do not sell
buttons, per se; they sell small gift items made with buttons from the factory.)
Two hole, unlisted (molded, imitation pierced)
Size: small (5/8 inch)
Example found: cream
Button(s) #38 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Group of two-hole tiny mounds (Guidelines, pages 67-69)
Size: small (7/16th inch)
Examples found: orange, black with iridescent luster, pale pink, white, grey, light
mauve/pink, royal blue, pale green, copen blue, black, red, yellow, brown, peach, royal
with a light iridescent luster, beige, brick orange, peach/pink, sky blue
Button #39 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Two hole oval eye, shape 2 (Guidelines, page 64)
Size: small (5/8 inch)
Examples found: bright orange, bright red
Button #40 (unknown source)
Two hole unlisted (overall impressed/molded pattern of perpendicular lines)
Size: small (5/8 inch)
Example found: cream
Button #41 (from a flea market in France)
Sample card of china ball buttons with molded equator, self-shank, unlisted; and closeup of ball button with green luster.
Size: small (5/16th inch, 11/32nd inch)
Examples found: colors seen on card
Button #42 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole oval eye, unlisted (molded top of parallel ridges)
Size: small (½ inch)
Example found: matte white
Button #43 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (raised surface design of three sets of parallel lines diagonally
across the button, creating a quilted triangle pattern)
Size: small (5/8 inch)
Example found: bright red
Button #44 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (raised surface design of six pointed star on textured background)
Size: small (11/16th inch)
Examples found: red, cream
Button #45 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (raised surface design of equilateral triangle on textured
background)
Size: small (11/16th inch)
Example found: red
Button #46 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (raised surface design of equilateral cross on textured background)
Size: small (11/16th inch)
Example found: overall marigold luster on white body
Button #47 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (raised surface design of ridges of overlapping parallel lines from the
central circle to the edge of the button, creating an overall diamond pattern)
Size: small (11/16th inch)
Example found: white
Button #48 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (raised surface design of square on textured background)
Size: 11/16th inch
Example found: cream
Button #49 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (raised surface design of 10 pointed faceted star on textured
background)
Size: 11/16th inch
Example found: cream
Button #50 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Two hole, unlisted (molded design of six pointed star)
Size: small (11/16th inch)
Example found: pinkish white
Button #51 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Two hole oval eye mound (page 68, shape 1, Guidelines)
Size: medium (1 3/16th inch)
Example found: translucent white
Button #52 (from a flea market in France)
Three hole
Size: Diminutive (1/4 inch)
Example found: overall marigold luster
Button #53 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Three hole, unlisted shape, triangle
Size: small (1/2 inch across base)
Examples found: cream, white with pearl luster
Button #54 (from the Bapterosses Museum gift shop)
Four hole square, unlisted
Size: small (1/2 inch)
Examples found: cream, lavender, two medium browns, red
Buttons #55 (A,B,C) (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Three four hole solid body buttons (A: body style 5, shape #3 tire type variant,
Guidelines, page 86; B unlisted; C: body style 4, shape A1 tire type, Guidelines, page
85)
Size: medium (1 1/16th inch)
Examples found: A,C: forest gree;, B: olive green
Button #56 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Unlisted four hole body shape
Size: large (1 5/8th inch)
Example found: translucent white body with iridescent stenciled stripes
Button #57 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Four hole tire type body style 4 A 3 (with unlisted fine ridges in center), page 85
Guidelines
Size: large (1 ½ inch)
Examples found: dark blue, dark green
Button #58 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Four hole unlisted body—similar to Off Beat body type style 6, page 88 Guidelines
Size: large (1 ½ inch)
Example found: overall marigold lustered
Button #59 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Unlisted four hole body shape
Size: large (1 5/8th inch)
Examples found: green body with iridescent silver luster, translucent white, two light
blues, medium brown mottled, grey with iridescent luster, white, white with iridescent
luster, grey with white luster, dark brown
Button #60 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Unlisted: one piece china button with domed top and cone shaped self shank
Size: small (3/8 inch, ½ inch, 9/16th inch, ¾ inch)
Examples found: grey, yellow, pink, light blue, pale green, royal blue, apricot, white,
kelly green, red, pearlized, matte
Button #61 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Unlisted: one piece cone shank similar to #60 above, molded top, similar to two hole
example #47 above.
Size: small (7/16th inch)
Example found: white
Button #62 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Unlisted: slightly concave top, similar to aspirin shape, with inserted knob shank,
thread groove
Size: small (3/8 inch, 3/4 inch)
Example found: white
Button #63 (from the Bapterosses factory dump, Briare, France)
Unlisted: aspirin shape (shape # 6, page 22, Guidelines) with inserted metal loop shank
(no plate)
Size: small (3/8th inch)
Examples found: two browns, beige, grey