Leo Popper Glass buttons set in sterling silver rings. Innovative glass making for this period. Leo Popper & Sons operated for 91 years as manufacturers of glass in New York City. He came to New York from Austria in the late 1800s and started a Button glass factory. It was Leo Popper who supplied the glass for the Statue of Liberty’s replacement torch(damaged in the Black Tom Explosion in 1916) Leo Popper was a very innovative glass maker for his time. Gorgeous veins of silver run through his colorful buttons creating a unique look to his glass.
The firm of Leo Popper & Sons was one that made buttons and ornaments from both black and colored glass. Their glass is in such well-known edifices as The Cathedral of St. John the divine and Washington Cathedral. They also made glass for L.C. Tiffany and others who worked in iridescent glass in that period.
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Sterling Silver Setting and Band
Size 7.5