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18 NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN

FOIL PICTURES IN ENAMEL
These large enamel buttons are lepl'esentative of the highest form of
artistic skill. The metal base is copper. The buttons are counter-enam-
eled-that is, an equal amount of enamel is apptied to the back of the
Uutton as to ihe face, in order to neutralize the interactions produced by ex-
;;;;i;;;;a Without this under coating, the top enamel wlll
"ottt.t"ttoo.
break away in flakes.
The back being completed, the artisan turns to the face of the button'
careful-scrutiny will show an'engine-turned* design of two distinct pat-
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FOIL PIOTURES IN ENAMEL
(Photograph by courtesy of the owner')
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s. BUTToN BULLETTN, Mav, 194?, D. 151.