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114 NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN May, 1964
Loop with plate (4e) A wire shank which passes thru a disk of metal, is embedded
in the buLton, spreads in a ring.
Loop $.ithout plate (4f ) A s'ire ring with projecting ends that embed in the but-
ton.
Rosette-shank (4g) A petal-shaped shank plate carrying a ]oop shank. The number
of petals is usually, but not necessarily, six.
Staple shank (4h) wire bent in an arch so that the ends enter the glass like a
staple. see ilhutrated article ou "Glass Buttons rvith staple shanls" by Jean
Kasemeyer. in the May 1961 Bulletin, pp. 113-115.
Self-shanks (5) occur almost exclusiveiy on buttons shaped about like a cough
drop. Traltsparent red. ones offer sufficient variety for complete cards in the small
size'. TranspLrent blue, tortoiseshell, \\'hite and an occasional opaque color will also
be found.
Sew-thrus (6) instead of beir-rg a common article are uncommoll enough to have
prestige \,alue.

I BACK TYPES Sew-thrus (6, a-d)
Self-shanks (5) Whistle (a)
2-hole (b)
3-hole (c)
4-hole (d)
BODY COLOR
The classification concerns itself onty with the color of the body of the button
and not $ith the color of any trim. To do otherwise rvouid be to intt'oduce more
complications than could be handled. Thus a button made of red glass is still clas-
sified as red even if much of its surface is cove,red with white
we are greatly indebted to campbell scat'lett, whose collection of glass buttons
ranks with the best, for a detailed report on colors. As a result, the list of colors in
this revision differs radically from the old list - some positions are shifted and
many additions are made.
The report shows, alarmingly well, rvhat pitfails await the classifier; but it
offers helpiul guide lines too. Getting dorvn to particulars: Nearly all transparent
reds fall into t11'o groups that have only minor variations of tint. The lighter shade
is commonly called "cranberry;" the darker shade "ruby." If only the transparent