Five sets of ceramic buttons for high fashion, circa 1940, gold ceramic buttons with metal fasteners. A beautiful set of 68 large and 67 small circular buttons domed with branch decoration. The other four sets with decorations of interlacing, shells, mammals and stitch in trompe l'oeil on 20 large and 85 small, (a small accident). Fixed on plates. Lot sold on designation to be recovered in Paris - visible by appointment at our office in Paris

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