Antique Victorian Button Pendant, Mixed Metals, Sterling Silver, Brass, Floral Layering Necklace

An unusual brown backing really highlights the brass foliate design on this upcycled Victorian (over 100 years old) button. A double band of twisted wire provides visual interest that doesn't take away from the beautiful contrast of the button itself.  Simple and elegant in a very classical setting.

These Victorian artifacts are known as picture buttons, or pictorials. Each pictorial has a specific image, often flowers, birds, or other natural forms. These buttons are comprised of several parts, often three to five layers, which would have been hand-assembled in the 19th century. They're beautiful relics of a time long past.

**Materials: stering silver, brass, antique button. Hallmarked Blue Piranha and .925

Pendant measures just under 1 and 1/2 inches, or 3.8 cm, long (from top of bail to bottom of pendant), by 3/4 inch, or 1.9 cm, wide. 

The diameter of the circle is about the size of a U.S. penny. 

Your purchase will arrive gift boxed, presented in a soft pouch with a story card which gives information about the item and its history.

Each pendant is available without a chain, so you may use your own if you prefer. If you want to add a chain, I offer different lengths and styles. Every chain comes with a 2-inch extender, so you can vary the length. 

Please choose your chain from the options at checkout.

Questions? Please message me. I'm happy to help.

About the buttons:

The "humble" button was once not-so-humble. Buttons are actually the earliest form of adornment, sewn on to garments as decoration before they had practical use as fasteners. They were once considered works of art. 

Many buttons I come across are dusty and languishing in cardboard boxes or mason jars. I set them into precious metals and allow them to live a new life, with those who cherish the magic of past eras.

Victorian buttons take two forms: molded glass, and what are known as picture buttons, or pictorials. Each pictorial has a specific image, often flowers, birds, or other natural forms. These buttons are comprised of several parts, often three to five layers, which would have been hand-assembled in the 19th century. They're beautiful relics of a time long past.