Cock a Doodle Do Earrings - Once Upon a Button Limited Edition
Regular price $95.00Victorian-era picture buttons reflected their owners' obsessions, including popular plays, ancient myths, historical landmarks, flora and fauna, children's stories, and nursery rhymes.
Many of the subjects depicted on these buttons today are considered quite bizarre, including the rooster-themed picture buttons chosen for these earrings.
The antique picture buttons in these earrings depict a rooster from an old English rhyme called the Cock's Crow."
Cocks crow in the morn, to tell us to rise. And he who lies late, will never be wise. For early to bed, and early to rise, is the way to be healthy, wealthy and wise.
Victorians were obsessed with the natural sciences. Attending museums, botanical gardens, and scientific exhibitions with nature exhibits was a popular pastime. It's not surprising, then, that birds are the most popular motif depicted in Victorian-era buttons after flowers.
Read more: The Feathered Victorian Obsession, Buttonology Blog.
In this piece:
- Small brass and cut steel rooster buttons, circa 1880-90
- Brass-plated pewter settings cast in the USA
- Silver-plated brass connectors
- Nickel-free and lead-free brass lever-back ear wires|
- Length 1 ¾”
Shop Collection: Limited Edition
