Mother of Pearl Buttons

On the previous post I asked how I would know if buttons
were Mother of Pearl or not. (also known as MOP)

There are a couple of tips on that post,

and then this one from Lululiz.

So for those of you who also wanted to know,

this should be a great help.

Thanks to all of you!

Lululiz said...

Great find! And isn't it just so much fun emptying out a big bag and searching through to find the good stuff? I can happily spend hours doing that.
As to recognizing MOP buttons, this is how I do it -
Turn the buttons over and look at the back. Especially on old buttons you will find that the back is not very smooth, it will often be bumpy and show little bits of the shell outer

Touch the button to your cheek. Plastic buttons will feel warm compared to MOP, which are cold when you touch them to your skin

If you have washed them, click one against your teeth, I know it sounds silly, but you can tell by the sound whether they are plastic or MOP/glass, plastic sounds much duller than MOP or glass

The beautiful shimmery shine can never be properly imitated by plastic, once you have looked at a few, you will just know.

Blessings
Barbara Jean

PS You will be glad to know that most of the ones I found were MOP!!
WOO HOO!!!!