Antique Scottish Quartz - Cairngorm Waistcoat Buttons - Set of three
Antique Scottish Quartz - Cairngorm Waistcoat Buttons - Set of three
Antique Scottish Medium Smokey Quartz - Cairngorm Waistcoat Buttons - Set of three
In true Victorian - Edwardian style these smokey quartz buttons dress a waistcoat for that extra style and are perfect for a dress kilt waistcoat. Add a little extra style to you bias cut tartan kilt waistcoat.
Cairngorm is a variety of smoky quartz found in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. It usually has a smoky yellow-brown colour, though some specimens are greyish-brown. It is used in Scottish jewellery and as a decoration on kilt pins and the handles of sgian dubhs The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23.6 kg (52 lb) specimen kept at Braemar Castle.
In good used antique condition. Like any natural stone they have slight variations in colour, shape and tone.
Button size approx. 12 mm = approx 1/2” x 1/2” including shank
We source wonderful Scottish antique jewellery and Highland dress kilt accoutrements for clients around the world. From fine Scottish silver Iona cufflinks, Highland dress buttons, stickpins, and vintage kilt pins. From the Victorian, and Edwardian eras through to the modernist styles of the roaring twenties.
We offer an ever changing a range of vintage Scottish jewellery. Including Agate jewellery. Including orange and mustard jaspers from the Campsie Fells in Stirlingshire, Banded Perthshire agates and green and red speckled bloodstones from the Isle of Rum.
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