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PAPERWEIGIITS (Continued)
surrounded by green foil. Note that altho only p.w.'s that have blue or green at the
i*se U.io"S i"" tne class we are talking about now, all peacock's-eyes can be
brought h,Eether in a class devoted to lnis particular design. The other kinds
*" prp".*iights with black glass at the base and peacock's-eye centers mounted
in metal framos.
It might be protested thal the paperweight classiflcaLion is incomplete as it
deals onff with the set-up and disregards everything else. That is not quite the
case. The essential feature which distinguishes a paperweight from any other but-
ton of the same body style, shape, size and decoration or trim is the set-up. con-
sequently, set-ups mlst-be ctasiifiea here or not at aI1. On the other hand, feat-
ur& uxe iwirlback, berry shape and overlay trim are dealt with elsewhere, making
the class ,,swirlback paierweight" or "berry-shape paperweight" already implicit.
Such classes are not Unlistea with a capital U even though the names are not re-
peated in this particular place. They are, in fact, well establish"d ur4 justly pop-
-ular
classes which must be kept in mind when assembling cards of assorted p.
w.'s.

III CONSTRUCTION
Radiants (8, a-d.) Reflectors (c)
Unnamed (d)
Delrdrops la)
Glories (b) Victorians (9)
Radiant construction (8) makes striking use of the optical prope[ties of glass to
create illusiorx. A bit of glass of contrasting coior is tipped in at the shank, or bits
are fused to other park ot the back, or both. The magic comes from the shape of
the button which ii such that color is suffused or radiated to all parts. Radiants
are divided into five grouBs: