Jewelry & Handbags
Iridescent Flower Button Earrings
- Item Number
- 376
- Estimated Value
- 45 USD
- Opening Bid
- 15 USD
Item Description
"Petals spinning, this sparkling red flower button is 1940 glass from Czechoslovakia with a modern iridescent firing set in sterling silver.
The button jewelry on www.buttonist.com are all handmade from antique and vintage buttons, circa 1830-1960. The buttons are all set in sterling silver.
They tell tales of the last 180 years: revolutions, sea and continent crossings, wars and weddings, empires rising and falling. Always a populist item, there is virtually no one alive who does not have some memory of the humble button.
The jewelry is one-of-a-kind and the pieces all have my artist's mark on them. Every piece of jewelry uses buttons that will never be made again. Because of this, many of the pieces on the site are not reproducible. Sometimes I am lucky and find multiples of the same button, letting me recreate beautiful styles which people have loved.
This jewelry is inspired by the buttons and their beauty. It does not come from a factory. It comes from the silver mines of Mexico. It comes from Czechoslovakia and Victorian England and frontier America. It is the buttons that make this jewelry one-of-a-kind."
Item Special Note
Item will need to be picked up at Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh by 11am on December 15, 2011. Item will be mailed if it is not picked up by that date.
Shipping and handling will be charged if item is not picked up at Hillel by the proper date.
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