{"product_id":"antique-upcycled-victorian-dragonfly-button-necklace-floral-layering-charm-pendant-vintage-button-jewelry","title":"Antique Upcycled Dragonfly Necklace, Victorian Button, Floral Layering Charm Pendant, Vintage Design Jewelry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Victorians pressed the natural world into everything they made, and buttons were no exception. This one is tin, stamped with a dragonfly tucked among flowers and berries, the background darkened so the raised design shows clearly against it. The button has a twinkle liner — a faceted inner ring that catches light — and a crimped edge, both part of its original manufacture. These extra details were considered worth putting into a button more than a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bezel is sterling silver, with a border of spaced dots that follows the edge of the button, and the bail is a twisted rope. The oxidation on the silver is intentional and matches the patina of the button.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHallmarked Blue Piranha and .925.The pendant measures just under 1¼ inches (3.2 cm) long from top of bail to bottom of pendant, and ¾ inch (1.9 cm) wide. The circle is about the size of a US penny. Weight is 3.5 grams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour purchase arrives gift boxed, presented in a soft pouch with a story card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood for: The friend who gardens and reads and collects small things with meaning. For the woman who loves the Victorians: their obsessions, their gardens, their love of the natural world. A keepsake for the nature lover who wears her interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions? Please message me. I'm happy to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the buttons:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"humble\" button was once not-so-humble. Buttons are actually the earliest form of adornment, sewn onto garments as decoration before they had practical use as fasteners. They were once considered works of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictorian 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe more colorful buttons are 1950s Czech glass, and are no longer made. These are known as \"Moonglow\" buttons, due to layering a dome of clear glass over a colored satin glass underlayer. Together the two layers create a sort of \"cat's-eye\" effect, with subtle shifts as the buttons catch the light. They had a short production window from about the early 1950s to the 1960s, when they were displaced by lighter weight (and less expensive) plastic buttons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"pendant","offer_id":53518166851898,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add popcorn chain 16\" [+$40]","offer_id":53518166884666,"sku":null,"price":215.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add popcorn chain 18\"  [+$45]","offer_id":53518166917434,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add wheat chain 16\"  [+$65]","offer_id":53518166950202,"sku":null,"price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add wheat chain 18\"  [+$70]","offer_id":53518166982970,"sku":null,"price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"add rope chain 30\"  [+$90]","offer_id":53518167015738,"sku":null,"price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3822\/7514\/files\/buttondragonfly01-01-19.jpg?v=1779837440","url":"https:\/\/bluepiranhajewelry.com\/products\/antique-upcycled-victorian-dragonfly-button-necklace-floral-layering-charm-pendant-vintage-button-jewelry","provider":"Blue Piranha Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}