Mixed Metals Upcycled Antique Button Pendant, Brass and Sterling Silver, Blue Victorian Repurposed Accessory

A Victorian pictorial (picture) button with an unusual and gorgeous design! The surface has a combination of rows of dots intersected by a series of teardrops, and the center has a squiggly gold colored design. Best of all, this is one of the rare blue tint buttons! I don't find many with this lovely gleaming hue, which makes the old brass just *glow*. 

The button is set into a silver bezel and rimmed with a dotty pattern, and the pendant suspends from a handmade bail which accommodates a variety of chain or cord options. 

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: sterling silver, brass. Hallmarks: Blue Piranha, .925
 
Measurements (from top of bail to bottom of pendant):

The pendant measures (from top of bail to bottom of pendant):

1 and 1/4 inch, or 3.2 cm, long and 3/4 inch, or 1.9 cm, wide. 

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.