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Where would I find a good reproduction source for glass buttons?
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Last edited by BishopLynch; 02-05-2004, 03:43 PM.Gregory Randazzo
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Abraham's Lady based out of Gettysburg carries glass buttons and they are perfect..."the civil war's equivalent to plastic"... they have a website but I don't know the exact spelling of it...Typing in Abraham's Lady to any decent search engine should yield a link for the site.
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Here is the link to which Mr. Boulden refers.
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In no way is this meant to dissuade anyone from Abraham's Lady.
There is fairly large contingent of vendors who service the button collecting community. Over the past three years, I have acquired a couple of fundamental reference books and now hawk these vendors for shirt and coat buttons, as well as bone buttons. They carry many different types and, once you are comfortable, many mid-19th century buttons can be obtained for not much more than reproductions. Several of these ladies save buttons for me and they make great Christmas presents for the others in my unit that sew.
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I would concur on the thoughts of antique versus reproduction buttons.
All buttons that I have been using have been antique buttons. I would recommend finding a good reference source for button images, and then hit the antique stores. Plain jane buttons will be the cheapest, and period original calicoes can get quite pricey, but as long as you are willing to keep it simple, good original buttons can be had at a very reasonable rate.Todd Morris
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