I recently found these buttons on the bank facing the Jake White rugby field. They are made out of shell (mother-of-pearl). They look like they were hand carved.
2 mother-of-pearl buttons found on Collard's Folly.
Photo by J Meintjes
I did some research, found that in the 19th century they made buttons out of oyster or abalone shells up to the 1930's.
Button cuts
https://tissura.com/articles/mother-of-pearl-buttons
ttp://ancientpoint.com/inf/190124-antique_oyster_shell_for_making_shell_buttons_d30.html
https://www.britishshellclub.org/buttons---llewellyn-jones.html
So these buttons could be over a 100 years old
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