Upsy Daisy in Blue Earrings - Back at Five & Dime Family Edition

These earrings show off blue, mid-century, West German, hand-pressed glass pierced daisy buttons. 

German glassmakers, like their Czech counterparts, are renowned for their exceptional skills that have evolved over centuries.

German glassmaking is rooted in Northern Bavaria. When Czechoslovakia became a Soviet satellite state after WWII, the resident German glassmakers fled and set up workshops in their new West German communities. They built a thriving glass button industry, and by 1950 West Germany was considered the glass button capital of the world. 

Pressing these daisy buttons, with their fanciful pierced elements, was exceptionally difficult, making this tiny flower a proud emblem of mid-century West German glass artistry.  

We found this stash of mid-century German glass buttons last year at a closing sale of an 86-year-old Five and Dime store in Rayne, Louisiana. It was one of our best-ever button-hunting finds, and the pieces we made with it quickly sold out.

READ MORE > Surprise Five & Dime Find, Buttonology Blog.

However, some of the most coveted buttons in this collection were in limited quantities of between 6 and 30 pieces. We saved these for this family edition release!

However, some of the most coveted buttons in this collection were in limited quantities of between 6 and 30 pieces. We saved these for this family edition release!

In this piece:

• Bright blue pierced glass buttons, 1/2" diameter, hand-pressed in iron molds in West Germany circa 1950-60
• Antiqued brass chain
• Nickel-free and lead-free brass lever-back ear wires
• Length is 1 ½”