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1. Buttons
Buttons, often made of precious metals inlaid with semi-precious stones, were originally used solely for decorative purposes. It was not until about the end of the fourteenth century that a button and buttonhole were employed to fasten garments.
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2. Ceramics
However, Europe is producing exquisite ceramics today, both decorative and useful. While not cheap in the dime-store sense, the cost of the smaller items is well within the collector's reach.
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3. Miniatures
In a way, miniatures* take up no space at all, for they become a part of your decor and occupy space that would ordinarily be taken by larger decorative pieces.
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4. Pewter
In the United States it usually appears in the form of decorative beer tankards and the like; in Europe, it is becoming a common but not "common-looking" household material.
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5. Playing Cards
Some of these are highly colorful and most interesting, but they are only decorative, not practical. It is not at all a good idea to try playing poker with them.
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6. Sea Shells
The shellcraft hobbyists will be able to beautify their rock gardens and flower arrangements, build and shape articles of many kinds, make decorative designs, and perhaps even sell jewelry, pictures, trays, ashtrays, and sand-and-shell "paintings.
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7. Wood Carvings
In Egypt, Arabia, and the other Mohammedan countries of Northern Africa, wood carving remained decorative and was used primarily to adorn furniture and other articles in daily use.
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8. Candles
Candles of unusual design or coloring are most sought after for decorative purposes: a Santa Claus for Christmas, a turkey for Thanksgiving, a firecracker for the Fourth of July, a heart for Saint Valentine's Day, and so on.
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9. Embroidery
Not essentially intended for decorative purposes, it was, rather, a demonstration of the maker's skill in needlework. Much of today's commercial embroidery is machine-made.
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10. Mosaics
Mosaic has been employed in murals, on sidewalks and ceilings, and in decorative pieces of all sorts from a table top to a portrait.
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