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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3729149, member: 111&quot;]While some styles of filigree are distinctive to certain origins, it can be problematic in that the same techniques were used in various countries - that said, believe the buttons are most likely European, the same shape and motif appears in marked Swedish buttons...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some different filigree buttons, the description referencing a 2007 article:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]313307[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple very similar to yours at the V&amp;A, Swedish makers:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O296105/button-gyberg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O296105/button-gyberg/" rel="nofollow">https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O296105/button-gyberg/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]313312[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147735/button-nils-ramberg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147735/button-nils-ramberg/" rel="nofollow">https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147735/button-nils-ramberg/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]313313[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Already had those at the V&amp;A in my files from research a few years ago on my 1891 Swedish souvenir spoon with the same design as a finial:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]313314[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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