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Description: | Post medieval cast copper alloy button. Plano-convex disc shaped head with thread/basket work decoration of squares each with four lines, each group orientated at a right angle to its neighbours (see Egan 2005). Integrally cast loop with circular perforation. The loop is bent at 90?? c.2mm from the head. Diameter of head 14.4mm, thickness 5.8mm, weight 2.64g.
Egan 2005 illustrates an identical buckle from Abbots Lane, London (again with bent loop indicating they are deiberately cast that way) dated to 1630-1650 ('Material culture in London in an age of transition', MoLAS monograph 19, pp50-1, fig.33, no.202). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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