Charlemagne & Angel Necklace - Once Upon a Button Limited Edition
Regular price $145.00This necklace showcases a stamped and tinted antique Victorian-era brass button called Charlemagne and the Angel.
Taken from a legend about Charlemagne, in which an angel warns him to abandon his disastrous Spanish campaign and return home to Aix-la-Chapelle, where others are plotting against him.
Charlemagne was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in 800. He sparked a European cultural and intellectual revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance during his reign. By the time he died in 814, his empire had included most of Western Europe. Today, Charlemagne is referred to by some as the father of Europe.
We're forever in awe of how the miniature tableaus depicted on antique buttons provide intriguing insights into Victorian-era fascinations. Ever-present and innocuous, buttons inadvertently captured an incredible variety of societal obsessions.
Read more: Once Upon a Time - Victorian-Era Picture Buttons, Buttonology Blog.
In this piece:
- Stamped and tinted brass button called Charlemagne and the Angel, circa 1880-1890
- Small brass and pewter button, circa 1880-1890
- Large decorative brass stamping made today in the USA in vintage dies
- Brass-plated pewter setting made today in the USA
- Two brass chains, one with ray enamel
- Length is 20” with a 4” extender
Shop Collection: Limited Edition
