CZECHOSLOVAKIAN ANTIQUE
BUTTON JEWELRY
BROOCH PINS by Heidi
The central piece in each brooch is a 1940's Czechoslovakian
Glass button. Note a beautiful iridescence in most. Some are inset
with Austrian Crystals, some inlaid with real gold. These techniques were far ahead of their time.
A sanitarium in Indiana imported the flat-backed buttons made by
a Czech family. The patients made a unique line of wire-wrapped jewelry
using the buttons, which were sold to offset the costs of the sanitarium, and it
was therapy for the patients. In 1963, the sanitarium closed, and the
button inventory was purchased by a local couple. They sold button
earrings for 35 years until we found them while we were exhibiting at the Parke
County Covered Bridge Festival.
We purchased most of the inventory, since they were
retiring. Heidi then enhances the buttons with vintage jewelry that
she cuts apart, mounting them on polished brass settings
(reproduction Victorian) so they are truly one-of-a-kind. Each brooch
comes with an information card. Start your own "heirloom
collection".
$16.00 each
PINS UNLESS MARKED AS PIN/PENDANTS
