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Home > Czech Glass Buttons
Czech Glass Buttons
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Most of the buttons we sell are Czech Glass Buttons from the Jablonec nad Nisou area of northern Bohemian Czech Republic. These beautiful art pieces are handmade by skilled glass artisans whose techniques have been perfected and handed down for generations. The possibilities for using these gorgeous buttons is limited only by your imagination! On shanks...we have seen "four-way brass box" shanks also called "two-way hump" shanks. This type of shank is imbedded into the glass during production and has four holes, if you will, for sewing. This is especially handy for positioning buttons to go the direction you want. Although some contemporary button makers still use this type of shank, we have more frequently seen it on vintage buttons. "Self" shank refers to a shank that is molded or manufactured as part of the button. Metal "loop" shank is just as it sounds...it's a metal loop that is imbedded into the glass (or plastic).
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