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    Posted 9 years ago

    PegsButtons
    (19 items)

    The sets are:
    Hey Diddle Diddle
    Sing a Song of Sixpence
    Jack and Jill
    Humpty Dumpty
    Three Little Kittens
    Mary and Her Little Lamb
    Goose that Laid Golden Eggs
    Old King Cole
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    Lois didn’t personally make these buttons she worked with artists in Japan through the Foreign Trade and Industries Agency.
    She approved the designs and imported the buttons with the 1st of the sets shipped to the U.S. in 1954
    There are 8 sets, each with 4 buttons
    Porcelain with self shank, size 1 inch diameter, backmarked LC
    Lois passed away in 2002
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    Comments

    1. Corinne Corinne, 9 years ago
      I bought 4 sets of four of these Lois Calkin buttons about 15 years ago in London. I am not a button collector. I just loved them for the design as I am an artist. I don't know what I was going to do with them - but enjoy them - and I have! I'm getting ready to sell them on eBay Hopefully to a collector that will appreciate.

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