{"product_id":"sparkly-silver-victorian-button-necklace-upcycled-antique-glass-heirloom-sterling-pendant","title":"Silvered Glass Button Pendant, Victorian, Leaves and Branches, Sterling Silver, Dark Academia, Heirloom Jewelry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis button is black glass with a silver overlay - lustered, in the Victorian term - pressed with a dense raised design of leaves and branches that fills the space completely. The silvering sits on top of the black glass so every leaf and branch catches light at a different angle, the whole surface shifting as it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlass buttons began to be silvered, or \"lustered\" in the late 1800s as an alternative to the by-then ubiquitous black glass button. The lustered buttons twinkled more in firelight or candlelight (the Victorians had no electricity). Having no zippers, velcro, or other fasteners other than hook-and-eye closures or buttons, Victorian women often had rows of buttons (decorative as well as functional) on dress bodices, arm sleeves, or on their boots. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting is a fabricated rope border in sterling silver with a simple round bail. The cool sterling and the silvered glass read as a single material until the light shifts and you see the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHallmarked Blue Piranha and .925.The pendant measures 1 inch (2.5 cm) long from top of bail to bottom of pendant, and just under ¾ inch (1.9 cm) wide. Weight is 4.7 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 collector who notices the details in things: the texture of a fabric, the grain of old wood, the way light moves across a surface. For the woman who has always preferred patina to polish. A gift that works in every season because it comes from before seasons mattered to fashion.\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\u003eBlack glass buttons were in great demand during the Victorian Era. Queen Victoria famously mourned her husband for forty years, and the rest of England followed. Victorians had great interest in art, history, design, flowers, and symbolism, so almost anything could be translated to these tiny whimsies with which they adorned themselves.\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":"Blue Piranha Jewelry","offers":[{"title":"pendant","offer_id":53518201651514,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"popcorn chain 16\"","offer_id":53518201684282,"sku":null,"price":215.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"popcorn chain 18\"","offer_id":53518201717050,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"wheat chain 16\"","offer_id":53518201749818,"sku":null,"price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"wheat chain 18\"","offer_id":53518201782586,"sku":null,"price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"rope chain 30\"","offer_id":53518201815354,"sku":null,"price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3822\/7514\/files\/buttonsilver01-01-24.jpg?v=1779838108","url":"https:\/\/bluepiranhajewelry.com\/products\/sparkly-silver-victorian-button-necklace-upcycled-antique-glass-heirloom-sterling-pendant","provider":"Blue Piranha Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}