This Gay Nineties button is of open work brass with a bright green stone. It is quite chunky and really domed which is a bit unusual. It measures 2 1/2 cm.
GAY NINETIES BUTTON
GAY NINETIES BUTTON
Here is a Gay Nineties button of brass with a purple glass stone. As the name suggests it is from the 1890s. The embossing on the inner circle is very decorative as is the border. I notice in the photo that it has had purple paint applied originally which is not so obvious to the naked eye. It measures a little under 4 cm.
GAY NINETIES
THE 1890 YEARS
These buttons are called The Gay Nineties because of their era.
The ones shown are all brass with a coloured “gem ” in the middle.
In those times the aristocrat of society may have had actual gemstones in their buttons.
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