The intricately detailed antique jeweled cloak button we chose for this brooch stands out in the crowd with its end of 19th-century radiance.
The 1890s were known as the Gay Nineties. It was a decadent decade culturally akin to the Roaring Twenties. In the button world, Gay Nineties is a collector's term describing the large, ornate buttons worn to fasten long hooded opera cloaks.
The cloak button nestles on a hand-carved ocean pearl button, adding depth and glimmer to this lovely brooch.
In this piece:
- Brass jeweled cloak button with faceted amethyst glass center, circa 1890
- Hand-carved ocean pearl button, circa 1890-1910
- 1 ½” in diameter
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