button from lat weekend

[pinebarrens1]

cleaned it up .........and looks like a old man [asian] with a umbrella . its got nice detail on it .....any ideas on the age ? alfonso

 

[PBK]

There's a good chance that it dates from around 1890-1910, when Oriental motifs were especially popular in America, due in part to Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado, and Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, both of which had been recently introduced and were being widely performed, and featured Oriental story lines.

 

[CRUSADER]

There's a good chance that it dates from around 1890-1910, when Oriental motifs were especially popular in America, due in part to Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado, and Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, both of which had been recently introduced and were being widely performed, and featured Oriental story lines.

I would agree, without what you said, I would have placed it 1880s-1900.

Nice item.

Can you get a macro shot?

 

[pinebarrens1]

pic 2

 

[donny nj]

Alfonso can you get a clearer pic?

Id like to see the detail.