Snape's buttons

[Carol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:
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> Does anyone know exactly how many buttons Snape has on the front of his frock coat and on the sleeves?  Sewing elves wants to know. Thanks.
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> Tonks_op
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Carol responds:

This is about the best image I can find showing the buttons, which end at the waist, according to other images I've seen. (It's not great of Snape himself, but, oh, well!)

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1900000/Severus-Snape-severus-snape-1972318-359-481.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/n47rqv

The Unbreakable Vow photo shows eight buttons on the sleeve (plus a button hole):

http://snapecast.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/uvbig1.jpg

Granted, that may be a different coat--it looks blue--but it seems to be the same style as the black one.

Carol, who found the photos through a Google image search and recommends that Tonks try the same thing