Bespoke gifts come in all forms; we recently had the privilege of creating a beautiful set of sentimental silver buttons commissioned to adorn a not-yet-made smoking jacket.
These unusual buttons were a gift from wife to husband as a celebration of their 25th Wedding Anniversary. The set included one large intricately detailed fastening button as well as three smaller buttons for each cuff. Each silver piece was designed to showcase a range of personal hand-engraved emblems which symbolise key moments in the couple’s life together.
Due to ex-military connections, our client’s husband was represented as an engraving of Bellerophon on Pegasus, and she as a dragon in honour of time spent together in China. Other buttons depicted motifs alluding to the couple’s mutual love of fine dining, memories of honeymooning in Egypt and also the moment they met, sharing the last piece of cake at a party.
We look forward to seeing these beautiful and personal buttons in place when the jacket is complete.