Don't apologize, Susan. The exchange was still interesting.
Misty
Misty Jackson, Ph.D., RPA
Arbre Croche Cultural Resources
214 South Main Street
Leslie, Michigan 49251
517-525-3060
On Sep 12, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Susan Walter wrote:
> You are right and I apologise.
> S. Walter
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> Subject: Re: shank buttons
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> Friends,
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> In the future, it would be very useful if the person raising a specific
> artifact question would include a link to a good photograph, or adequately
> describe the object in question before posting the question to this list.
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> We currently have a question, and a series of answers that, frankly, have
> no bearing on each other.
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> Thank you.
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> On 9/12/14 9:13 AM, "Dessa Lightfoot" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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.me
>> tal+shanks+ate+applied+to+glass+buttons&source=bl&ots=l2gPfpIB6v&sig=wc2Ur
>> oY24knwBbHQm1sK-8V1ckE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VP4SVO6rG_XGsQSo4ILQCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwC
>> A
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>>> On Sep 11, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> 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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