Ginkgo Necklace
Regular price $78.00This necklace showcases a brilliant Czech glass button featuring a flurry of ginkgo leaves that appear to swirl like they’ve been animated by a strong wind.
This particular button was hand-pressed in the Czech Republic by one of the few remaining glass artisans still working today with antique iron molds and a centuries-old manufacturing process.
Bohemian glass artisans were the first to develop methods for press-molding glass buttons in the early 19th century. They began with solid colored glass and then, as their skills grew, started producing multi-colored stones like this one.
READ MORE > A Passion for Czech Glass, Buttonology Blog.
The Czech button hangs from an older style of antique Victorian-era button characterized by chased or hammered brass. Metalworkers forged the lovely designs on these buttons by 'hammering' on their backside to create a low relief design or 'chasing' on the front side to sink the metal.
Every antique button is a one and only, chosen just for you, and so will not be identical to the image.
In this piece:
- Small chased or hammered brass button, circa 1870-1880
- Modern iridescent green glass button hand-pressed in the Czech Republic in antique molds
- Brass pronged setting stamped today in the USA in vintage dies
- Brass-plated pewter setting cast in Louisiana
- Antiqued brass chain
- Length 21" with 4" extender
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