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Vintage & ANtique Button Identification & Classification by Shank Back Type Antique Knowledge, Metal Detecting Tips, Metal Detecting Finds, Button Collecting, Dorset Buttons, Antique Engagement Ring, Metal Detecting, Wallpaper Vintage, Metal Detector

Here are two interesting guides to shanks. I'm actively looking for the sources so I can credit these. Stanley J. Olsen entitled "Dating Early Plain Buttons By Their Form", American Antiquity, Volume 28, Number 4, April 1963. Pictorial handout.

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plain Sewing Tips For Beginners, Button Storage, Vintage Buttons Crafts, Buttons Crafts Diy, Button Projects, Button Collecting, Button Ideas, Tips Sewing, Dorset Buttons

In this post, I’ll go over a brief history of buttons, button storage, and types of buttons. I love buttons. Before I started sewing, I used to work at an antique shop, and I would just bring home cool buttons because I couldn't pass them up. I didn't even have a use for them--I just wanted them to

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Cindy Jolliffe DeAngelis

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