Buttons set
with Saphiret stones date from the turn of the 19th century. This type of glass
was created in Gablonz by adding gold to pale blue glass, which then becomes
dichroic, showing both coppery red and sapphire blue colors.
The first
one is claw-set strass (Strass is brilliant lead glass perfected by Josef Strass
for whom it was named) and saphiret stones mounted in gilt brass. Both buttons
date late 1800’s to before 1918.
Both of these buttons are much nicer than the image shows
