Picture Metal
72 piecesVictorian picture metal buttons, primarily produced between 1880 and 1900, are highly detailed stamped brass or alloy buttons depicting stories, scenes, or portraits.

Victorian Picture Metal Buttons
Victorian picture metal buttons, primarily produced between 1880 and 1900, are highly detailed stamped brass or alloy buttons depicting stories, scenes, or portraits. Serving as fashion statements and luxury items, they illustrated folklore, literature, and nature, often featuring intricate, three-dimensional relief designs. Many were stamped from brass, often featuring “cut steel.” Popular themes included scenes from opera (e.g., Gilbert & Sullivan), literature, mythology, and children’s fables. Nature and “Tussie-Mussie” designs frequently portrayed birds, insects, flowers, and foliage — “Tussie-Mussie” buttons depicted tiny bouquets, often holding symbolic meanings.

Victorian Picture Metal Butterfly Button set in Sterling Silver Ring Size 8

Victorian Butterfly Metal Button set in Sterling Silver Accented w/ Apetite & Pearl Accent

Victorian Ornate Metal Antique Button Set in Sterling Silver Ring Design Size 7

Victorian Openwork Metal Pegasus Button Set in Sterling Silver Ring Design Size 7.5

Antique Victorian Charter Oak Metal Button set in Sterling Silver Earring with Facet Topaz Stone & Pearl Accent

Victorian Picture Metal Charter Oak Buttons set in Sterling Silver w/ Kyanite Stone Accent

Victorian Picture Metal Palm Tree Button Earrings set in Sterling Silver Earring w/ Peridot Accent

Victorian European Picture Metal Steel Facet Lightening Bold & Cloud Button set in Sterling Silver

Victorian Pegasus Metal Button set in Sterling Silver Accented w/ Sapphire Facet Rosary Necklace

Antique Openwork Brass Dragon Button set in Sterling Silver accented with Facet Quartz Rosary Necklace 18"

Victorian Three Button Drop Fleur du Lys Metal & Glass Buttons set in Sterling Silver w/ Stone Rosary Accent

Victorian Picture Metal Butterfly Button set in Sterling silver Pendant w/ Pearl Necklace

Antique Button Picture Metal Owl set in Sterling Silver Ring Size 7-1/2

Antique Button Picture Metal Hot Air Baloon set in Sterling Silver Ring Size 7-3/4

Antique Button Picture Metal Floral set in Sterling Silver Ring Size 7-1/4

Antique Button Hand Czech Lacy Glass set in Sterling Silver Ring Size 8

Antique Fancy Brass Button set in Sterling Silver Ring Size 8-1/4

Antique Button Woman Image set in Sterling Silver Ring Size 7-1/2

Victorian Picture Metal Dog In The Doghouse w/ Pyrrite Facet Stone Rosary

Victorian Picture Metal Birds Button w/ Quartz Facet Stone Rosary

Victorian Picture Metal Bee Spider Web Image set in Sterling Silver w/ Facet Garnet Rosary

Victorian Picture Metal Hummingbird Image set in Sterling Silver w/ Facet Garnet Rosary

Victorian Metal With Steel Facet Rim Button Set in Sterling Silver with Carnelian and Pearl Accent
