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Description: | This artefact is possibly a military button from the 18th to early 20th century. It consists of a copper-alloy domed boss with four rings. On examining the boss under a magnifying glass there appears to be some sort of impression etched into it. The design appears to be floral and somewhat symmetrical, though it is difficult to see the full extent of the design because much of the surface has been lost and the artefact has been badly damaged. The boss has a diameter of 19.84mm and is 7.24mm in height. It appears to have been stamped under pressure from a sheet of copper alloy in a mass-produced industrial process.
The reverse of the boss is a concave hollow. The four rings are all connected to each other. The rings all have a gap in the hoop to allow them to be interlinked. Therefore if you hold one ring the others hang down from it and so on. Three of the rings are still connected to each other; one ring has broken in half and the breaks are not recent. The rings each have a diameter of 27.8mm and a thickness of 2.57mm. The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina and has begun to corrode. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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