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    Posted 9 years ago

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    kyratango
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    Years ago flea market buy, bargain at 5 Francs ($1!)

    Eight antique (think around 1800'...) tokens.

    Wafer thin wood, hand painted on both face with very naturalistic insects.
    Diameter: 1.5/16" or 3.4 centimeters.

    So, 16 bzz bzz or crawlers in total!

    I even not tried to identify the species, eeek ;-)

    Hope you'll enjoy them :-)

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    1. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 9 years ago
      You and your Creepy Crawlies! LOL
      Those would look great inside a frame and hung on the wall. :-)
    2. jscott0363 jscott0363, 9 years ago
      Kyra, these are really great!!! I've never seen anything like these.
    3. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Hi friends! They would have to be framed between two glasses to be seen from two sides, they are still in my drawers...
      I saw once 18th century buttons with insects, it was a naturalistic rage then.
      Thank you for loving them and leaving such nice comments :-D
    4. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      thank you Lisa!
      thank you Caperkid!
    5. Agram.m Agram.m, 9 years ago
      Pascale, great! It always amazes me that the hundreds of different insects, and you have a number of small, very special here!
    6. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Merci Marga! Those aren't jewels but so special as you said :-)
    7. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Many thanks too Ho2cultcha, Mikelv, Vetraio, Manikin, Bb2 and Fortapache for your lovely visit!
    8. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Agram, Lisa, Jean and Mcheconi thank you for your visit and love !
    9. inky inky, 9 years ago
      These are wonderful.. I would have to frame them and put them on the wall..love them!...:-)
    10. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Insects buttons, 18TH century, I would love having them!
      http://nasvete.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Buttons-with-the-image-of-insects.-Covered-with-glass.-The-middle-or-the-end-of-the-XVIII-century.-Extremely-realistic-image-of-insects-an-example-of-highly-artistic-works.jpg

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