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Description: | A probable cast lead alloy button, of early post-medieval date. The small button has an irregular flat circular shape and solid construction. Its diameter is 13.92mm, it is 2.83mm thick and it weighs 2.45g. On the front there is a moulded geometric design, probably intended to be a number of spokes with pellets between. On the reverse is a raised off-centre line, probably the worn remnants of the shank. The button appears to have been slightly miscast and the edges were perhaps therefore left unfinished. A similar button, also from southern Somerset, can be seen in Read's 'Metal Buttons c. 900BC - c. AD 1700' (2004, p. 101, no. 398) although this example has a convex front.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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