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Description: | A copper alloy possible pin head, button, or mount which is probably late post medieval or modern. The object is a hollow sphere with a flattened base which also acts as a collar. It has a diameter of 8.5mm and is 7.5mm thick. The sphere??s surface is covered with tiny, slightly raised dots in an irregular pattern with thick coverage, producing an effect rather like the skin of an orange. There is a small hole in the centre of the flat base where the pin shaft, button loop or mount fixing would have attached. This element is now missing. The object has an attractive deep green patina which is slightly chipped round the edge of the base. No close parallel has been found for the object, making it difficult to identify and date, but seems most likely that it was a pinhead or button from the eighteenth or nineteenth century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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