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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4659718, member: 2844&quot;]More &#039;Zeeuwse knopen&#039;.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The first photos are from Jimmy Nelson&#039;s gorgeous book, which I showed the promo video of in another thread.</p><p>From the town of Hindeloopen, Friesland, a man with silver buttons on his beautiful &#039;sits&#039; shirt, and gold collar buttons.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412775[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Detail:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]412776[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold or silver &#039;Zeeuwse knoop&#039; collar buttons were worn in most parts of the Netherlands and are the most frequent of traditional Zeeuwse knopen.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my own collection, very rare &#039;Schokker knopen&#039; on an antique necklace. This way of wearing the buttons started ca 1800. The Schokker knoop is associated with the small former island of Schokland, and it has pyramid shapes instead of domes in (part of) the cannetille.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412777[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A stunning example from one of the Wadden Islands of East Friesland, NW Germany, a giant sleeve button (not mine):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412778[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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