• Antique 1870 coat button necklace with Calla Lily or possibly a hibiscus design. The Victorians loved botanicals. Accented with colorful Czech glass in shades of blue-green and amethyst purple with decorative brass. The button is in great condition
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  • May include: A white square gift box tied with a black sheer ribbon. A rectangular card is attached, featuring an illustration of a person in 19th-century attire and the text: Serene Garlands @ Etsy.com Genuine 1880 Antique Buttons Victorian Style Jewelry.
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  • May include: A necklace featuring two large, oval, faceted purple glass beads connected by brass chains. The design includes smaller, iridescent blue and purple faceted beads, clear rhinestone spacers, and ornate brass bead caps throughout.
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  • Antique 1870 coat button necklace with Calla Lily or possibly a hibiscus design. The Victorians loved botanicals. Accented with colorful Czech glass in shades of blue-green and amethyst purple with decorative brass. The button is in great condition
  • May include: A necklace featuring a round pendant with a raised floral relief design, suspended from a chain adorned with purple and dark faceted beads. A small metallic hand charm connects the pendant to the chain, which ends in a beaded tassel.
  • May include: A necklace featuring two large, oval, faceted purple glass beads connected by brass links. The design includes smaller, iridescent blue and purple faceted beads, clear rhinestone spacers, and ornate brass bead caps on a brass chain.
  • May include: A necklace featuring a round pendant with a silver-toned floral relief, suspended from a brass-toned chain. The chain includes purple faceted beads and a small hand-shaped charm. The design incorporates a mix of metallic finishes.
  • May include: A necklace featuring a round antique button with a silver floral relief on a black background, set in a brass frame. The chain includes purple oval beads, dark faceted beads with clear crystals, a brass hand charm, and a butterfly charm.
  • May include: A necklace featuring a round brass pendant with a black inlay and a silver-toned floral relief. The chain includes purple faceted beads, clear crystals, and a small brass hand charm. A tag on the chain is engraved with the text Mourning Era.
  • May include: A white square gift box tied with a black sheer ribbon. A rectangular card is attached, featuring an illustration of a person in 19th-century attire and the text: Serene Garlands @ Etsy.com Genuine 1880 Antique Buttons Victorian Style Jewelry.
  • May include: A necklace featuring a central round black button with a silver floral relief, suspended from a brass chain. The design includes purple faceted beads, clear crystals, and a small brass hand charm, finished with a lobster claw clasp.
  • May include: A necklace featuring a round, dark-toned antique coat button from 1885 with a silver-toned floral relief, suspended from a brass chain. The piece includes purple faceted beads, clear crystals, and a small brass hand charm.
  • May include: A necklace featuring two large, oval, faceted purple glass beads connected by brass chains. The design includes smaller, iridescent blue and purple faceted beads, clear rhinestone spacers, and ornate brass bead caps throughout.
  • May include: A necklace featuring a round dark metal pendant with a floral relief design, suspended from a chain with purple and blue beads. A small metal hand charm connects the pendant to the chain, which includes dangling beads at the bottom. Text reads Serene Garlands at Etsy.com.
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Antique Button Necklace: Hibiscus Purple Flower, Victorian Assemblage, Gothic Mourning Jewelry

SereneGarlands  
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Item highlights

  • Materials: 1880 Antique Button Czech Glass and Brass
  • Dimensions: Pendant width: 1 1/2 Inches; Pendant height: 4 Inches; Necklace length: 19 Feet
  • Closure: Lobster claw

Seller's description

This necklace features an antique 1870 coat button with a scrolling leaf and Calla Lily flower or possibly a hibiscus flower design. The Victorians loved all things botanical. Accented with vintage purple oval beads and colorful faceted Czech glass in shades of blue-green peacock and amethyst purple with decorative open lace antiqued brass. The button is in great condition for the age. I select only the best antique buttons with minimum wear.
Antique Button jewelry has become an ever-popular style in recent years. Button is circa 1870 to 1880's. This button was probably used on a lady's coat since it is a larger button at 1 1/4" inches round.
Click here for matching earrings?
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/567409344/hourglass-dangle-earrings-czech-glass
Click here to return to my shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SereneGarlands
To preserve the original state as a valuable "Antique Button" the "Loop shank" is still intact.
Some jewelry artisans make the huge mistake of cutting off the loop shank and use glue to adhere the button to filigree. Once you do this, the expensive value of an antique "Button" is lost forever.
Necklace measures 19" inches long with an extra 2" inch extender chain at the clasp.
Entire drop from hand accent to bottom of the button is 4" inches long. Untouched patina.
Just lovely!

A bit of button buzz... (written content is IP © 1989 Donna Jameson. All Rights Reserved)
Many decades ago, Europeans furnished most of the buttons until almost the 19th century, but there is evidence that a few were made in this country as early as circa 1700.
By the early 1800's, buttons were being made everywhere. During the civil war, ladies would keepsake buttons from their dearly departed loved ones and fashion them into brooches and bracelets. Some buttons even played a role in the still ever popular Mourning Jewelry.
It is therefore understandable that people began to snip them off of clothing that was heading for the rag-bin. Ladies began collecting them with the expectation of using them again, sometimes out of sentiment, sometimes just because they were too pretty to throw away.
According to a web-search, Mrs. Gertrude Patterson was the first full-fledged button collector. During the 1930's depression, when nobody had two pennies to rub together, she was featured on a radio show called "Hobby Lobby" which spoke over the radio about inexpensive hobbies to cure boredom. Gertrude influenced her listeners so much that they too looked to the family button box as a source of an inexpensive hobby. Thanks to Gertrude, the idea swept the country and today, there are numerous dealers and collectors hunting for buttons and historical button societies. As with this beautiful work of art, you must certainly be grateful that it was rescued from the bottom of a dusty old cigar button box.
"It's not just jewelry, It's heirlooms!"

All designs, photos and content, written or otherwise, is the sole property of
IP Copyright © 1998 Donna Jameson dba SERENE GARLANDS™ @ ETSY.com. All Rights Reserved.

Click here to return to my shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SereneGarlands

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“Absolutely gorgeous! I had a ball confusing people when my earrings kept changing colors! Tons of fun and beautiful!”

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Antique 1870 coat button necklace with Calla Lily or possibly a hibiscus design. The Victorians loved botanicals. Accented with colorful Czech glass in shades of blue-green and amethyst purple with decorative brass. The button is in great condition

This necklace features an antique 1870 coat button with a scrolling leaf and Calla Lily flower or possibly a hibiscus flower design. The Victorians loved all things botanical. Accented with vintage purple oval beads and colorful faceted Czech glass in shades of blue-green peacock and amethyst purple with decorative open lace antiqued brass. The button is in great condition for the age. I select only the best antique buttons with minimum wear.
Antique Button jewelry has become an ever-popular style in recent years. Button is circa 1870 to 1880's. This button was probably used on a lady's coat since it is a larger button at 1 1/4" inches round.
Click here for matching earrings?
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/567409344/hourglass-dangle-earrings-czech-glass
Click here to return to my shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SereneGarlands
To preserve the original state as a valuable "Antique Button" the "Loop shank" is still intact.
Some jewelry artisans make the huge mistake of cutting off the loop shank and use glue to adhere the button to filigree. Once you do this, the expensive value of an antique "Button" is lost forever.
Necklace measures 19" inches long with an extra 2" inch extender chain at the clasp.
Entire drop from hand accent to bottom of the button is 4" inches long. Untouched patina.
Just lovely!

A bit of button buzz... (written content is IP © 1989 Donna Jameson. All Rights Reserved)
Many decades ago, Europeans furnished most of the buttons until almost the 19th century, but there is evidence that a few were made in this country as early as circa 1700.
By the early 1800's, buttons were being made everywhere. During the civil war, ladies would keepsake buttons from their dearly departed loved ones and fashion them into brooches and bracelets. Some buttons even played a role in the still ever popular Mourning Jewelry.
It is therefore understandable that people began to snip them off of clothing that was heading for the rag-bin. Ladies began collecting them with the expectation of using them again, sometimes out of sentiment, sometimes just because they were too pretty to throw away.
According to a web-search, Mrs. Gertrude Patterson was the first full-fledged button collector. During the 1930's depression, when nobody had two pennies to rub together, she was featured on a radio show called "Hobby Lobby" which spoke over the radio about inexpensive hobbies to cure boredom. Gertrude influenced her listeners so much that they too looked to the family button box as a source of an inexpensive hobby. Thanks to Gertrude, the idea swept the country and today, there are numerous dealers and collectors hunting for buttons and historical button societies. As with this beautiful work of art, you must certainly be grateful that it was rescued from the bottom of a dusty old cigar button box.
"It's not just jewelry, It's heirlooms!"

All designs, photos and content, written or otherwise, is the sole property of
IP Copyright © 1998 Donna Jameson dba SERENE GARLANDS™ @ ETSY.com. All Rights Reserved.

Click here to return to my shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SereneGarlands

  • Made by
    SereneGarlands
  • Materials
    1880 Antique Button Czech Glass and Brass
  • Closure
    Lobster claw
  • Chain style
    Bead
  • Adjustable
    Yes
  • Style
    Victorian
  • Personalisation
    Available
  • Pendant width
    1 1/2 Inches
  • Pendant height
    4 Inches
  • Necklace length
    19 Feet
  • Gift wrapping

    Available

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    Gift wrapping by SereneGarlands

    (ONE gift box) Whether it's a Birthday or Valentine's Day, your gift box will arrive wrapped in Red, Gold or Silver paper accented with Ribbon or Bow.

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    Perryville, AR
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