Enamel Buttons

An Essential Resource for Collectors

Karen L. Cohen, Barbara Barrans

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Stackpole Books
03 December 2024

Antiques & collectables; Antiques & collectables: jewellery; Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts

Though enamel buttons have been around for centuries and are favourites of button collectors, there has not been a book completely dedicated to their study . . . until now! Author Karen L. Cohen brings her unique perspective as an enamellist, Studio Button Artist, and educator to Enamel Buttons: An Essential Resource for Collectors. Meticulous research combined with her insights about the properties of enamel and the techniques used in buttons make this a must-have book for every collector. Hundreds of photos provide examples of the various techniques and button types and are a valuable resource for study.

Cohen explains why things look like they do, such as why Motiwala Bros. “Liquid Enamel” buttons look like they flow, while also helping the collector distinguish between closely related techniques, such as Champlevé and Cloisonné or Monochrome and Grisaille. Her extensive research on the evolution of enamelling techniques provides the history chapter with fascinating facts intertwined with how they relate to enamel buttons. Cohen has documented many of the enamellist makers along with their back marks, making it easier for collectors to identify button finds. The appendices include related information such as how to identify enamel look-alikes such as CPE (cold plastic enamel) and restoration techniques.

If you already collect enamel buttons, this is an essential resource for understanding your collection in more depth. If you are curious about the topic, this book tells it all: history, material, techniques and embellishments, makers, and more. If you are a collector of other types of enamelware or are fascinated with enamelling or are someone who resells enamels such as antique dealers, this book is an excellent resource about the various aspects of enamel in general. Lastly, it’s a button book you will enjoy paging through again and again, admiring the hundreds of glorious enamel buttons!

By: Karen L. Cohen
Edited by: Barbara Barrans
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 215mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 754g
ISBN: 9780811776523
ISBN 10: 0811776522
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 03 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karen L. Cohen has been an enamellist and educator for more than 40 years and is the author of The Art of Fine Enamelling. She also loves buttons and is both a collector and a Studio Button Artist. Her unique perspective of enamellist/collector shows through in every aspect of this book, as she explores the history of enamel and buttons, documents the work of antique and contemporary button artists, and uses detective skills to explain the many techniques you’ll find in enamel buttons and how to tell one from another. She resides in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA.

Reviews for Enamel Buttons: An Essential Resource for Collectors

"""Although the book has hundreds of button illustrations, it is much more than a coffee-table book with a lot of pretty pictures. The captions and the accompanying text provide solid educational information that the reader can apply to new buttons they may encounter in their future collecting. From our initial contact and subsequent discussions, I could tell that Ms. Cohen spent quite a while researching the subject thoroughly. She has been a teacher for all of her adult life and an enamelist for many years, having previously written books on enameling for enamelists. In this, her latest effort, she explains all aspects of enameling to people who specifically collect enamel buttons. I am confident that this book will become a valuable tool in the armory of the button collector. It ranks along The Big Book of Buttons, Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, and Buttons by Diana Epstein."" Martyn Frith, Managing Director, The Button Queen Ltd."