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Description: | The object is a Post Medieval button, dating to the 17th century. Read, B (Metal Buttons 2005) illustrates similar buttons, Nos. 152 etc. which have similar dating. The button is made of cast copper alloy. In plan it is circular and the head is 5.12mm thick with rounded edges. The upper surface is decorated with a double-stranded cross design, each strand terminating with a scroll. The centre of the cross has an ornate four-petalled flower. Between each strand is a column of small annulets, terminating with two crescents facing each other. In the field of the cross are also annulets. All the annulets appear to have been stamped/punched. The edge of the button is bordered with a ring of crescents. The reverse is flat with a central integral loop. The loop is more of a lug, it is semi-circular in plan with a sub-circular hole towards the base of the lug. The surface of the button has an incomplete dark green/grey patina however there are also areas of red copper corrosion. The button measures 28.8mm diameter and 10.88mm thick. It weighs 17.8g.
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