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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy button with enamelled decoration, dating to the 17th/ 18th century between AD 1600-1800 (length: 10mm; diameter of head: 12mm; weight: 2.25g)The button has a rounded and conical front with the remains of alternating dark blue and white enamel cells (three cells of each colour) surrounding a central circular cell of blue enamel. The back of the artefact is flat with a sub-rectangular stem extending outwards (length: 5mm; thickness: 2mm), although no evidence of a loop or suspension hole remains. The button is in a worn and corroded condition with most of the copper alloy suffering from bronze disease. Therefore, none of the original patina remains.Similar examples are illustrated in Egan, G, 2005, 'Material Culture in London in an age of transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c 1450-c 1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark', pages 48-9, particularly ref no 183.
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