Fusing Findings

Double faced adhesive dots which can be used instead of glue for adhering the decorative glass piece in an earring finding. Just stick the finding to the dot, and then to the glass. 10mm diameter. Package of 144.

Performing the same function as the #6769 dots, these are rectangular. They are for use on 1" and 3/4" pin backs. Package of 144.

Some people would call this a tie clip. It is 1-1/4" long, and silver colored. If you happen to have male relatives who wear neckties, this little device will solve your gift-giving problems in their direction for years to come. Using the #6770 Quick Stick Pads, you can create custom made tie clips ad infinitum. Just think of the fun you will have editorializing and putting in symbols with hidden meanings in the pieces you create!

This pinback is 3/4" long, and is one of the most popular findings for fusing work. It is silver colored, and will function admirably under most trying conditions.

This may be called a French ear wire because of the possibility that it first became popular in France. You can probably think of some other funny explanation, which of course is your privilege. It is made of surgical stainless steel, which certainly seems like the safe way to go. These are about one inch long. Price is for one, not a pair.

Made of surgical stainless steel, the wire in this one is .022, a fine gauge wich is the easiest to insert. Silver colored. Price each.

These quality barrettes are gently curved to fit the normally shaped head, and provide a generous, smooth surface to which you can apply your fused piece. They are silver colored, and are 2-5/8" long.

All parts of this device are made of surgical stainless steel. The pad has a slightly raised edge, which helps control any glue or cement you may choose to use.

During the many years that we have been in the stained glass business we have gained a well-earned reputation as the foremost clearing house for oddments and memorabilia in the realm of decorative glass items. Among our trophies have been such necessities of life as fish eyes on wire, glass noses for fur pieces, mantles for gas jets, railroad semaphore lenses, omnibus tail-light lenses in spanish, glass elevator indicator lights, and other important artifacts for which connoisseurs of the ceramic arts have never ceased to clamor.

Persons who have taken up the craft of glass fusing will not fail to appreciate the appeal of our unrivaled selection of antique buttons and similar small pressed glass items that have lain unsullied for more than 70 years in our warehouse, waiting for that magic moment to arrive which heralds that dawning of a new day in the world of decorative arts. Rather than look for odds and ends in the stalls of the Five and Dime to add interest and mystery to your fusing project, why not consider a genuine antique glass object that will add beauty, integrity and a Down-Side Stop-Loss Position investment-wise to your creation?

We have a fine selection of these ancient trophies that we have sorted, cleaned, and put up into nice little assortments that are sure to please the most fastidious taste. Our Research and Development Department has conducted experiments in which they have fused each of them onto the small glass pieces such as those which you have been using for earrings, brooches, tie pins and the like.

Each assortment contains a selection in jet black (about 50%), colors (about 20%), and white and clear shapes. Some of the clear ones are discs that were used as peepholes in apartment doors. Others of the clear ones were used as covers for typewriter keys during the time when the letters were made of cardboard and were held in place with brass rims. The black ones were mostly dickey buttons, camisole buttons, and decorative devices for evening wear. The colored ones were spangles and other adjuncts to flapper costumes.

We offer two assortments, in which we have attempted to give you a fairly diverse representation of the entire gamut of this vast inventory of oddities. Each assortment will vary from month to month, as we excavate further into lower strata of our archives.