THANK YOU!  What a wonderful resource.
(I admit to giggling over "ate+applied" in that link, but it worked 
nevertheless)
This little disk has what appears to have been a (now absent) 
ainted/gilt  - or an etched - floral decoration on the top surface, and a 
concave indentation on the bottom.  We've tentatively called it part of a 
black glass button missing its applied (box?) shank.  An alternative 
possibility is a backgammon token.
Please email me at [log in to unmask] for photos.
S. Walter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dessa Lightfoot" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: shank buttons


I'm no button expert but this book from the 1850s says that metal shanks are 
inserted into the glass while the glass is still molten.

http://books.google.com/books?id=mq1AAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=how.metal+shanks+ate+applied+to+glass+buttons&source=bl&ots=l2gPfpIB6v&sig=wc2UroY24knwBbHQm1sK-8V1ckE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VP4SVO6rG_XGsQSo4ILQCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwCA



> On Sep 11, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> Can someone tell me what was used to attach a metal shank (loop or box) to 
> the button back surface?  Some sort of glue?
>
> Many thanks,
> S. Walter


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