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Subject:	Re: shank buttons
From:	Dessa Lightfoot <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:13:31 -0400
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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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