Rare antique Czech silver paint oriental star moon black glass button 33mm

Bohemian Czech antique hand molded silver coated glass button. Beautiful oriental star and moon design. Premium quality vintage Czech glass button, demonstrating the skills of early C20th glass button makers. This is an antique hand finished button and is in superb condition.
For jewelry making, fashion design, sewing and crafting.

Size: 33mm; 1.3" 
Material: Vintage glass. 
Shank: metal box 4 way
Origin: N. Bohemia / Czech
Year: Vintage cca. 1900's
Condition: Original authentic condition. 
Quantity: 1

Originating in Elizabethan times, cut steel refers to buttons made with tiny, individual pieces of faceted steel, which are riveted to a larger steel or brass base. The resulting sparkle was meant to imitate buttons made with diamonds or marcasites (faceted pyrite). Matthew Bolton of Birmingham, England, perfected the method for creating cut steel buttons of great brilliance. The Czech glass makers soon learnt to copy the cut steel buttons.