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Description: | A cast lead alloy button of post-medieval date. The solid plano-convex button measures 11.17mm in diameter, 6.5mm in thickness and weighs 2.35g. The domed front of the button is plain other than a small rounded knop in the centre. There are two areas on the edge of the dome where the original surface has chipped off. In the centre of the flat reverse are the remains of the button's shank, surrounded by iron corrosion, suggesting that part of the shank was made from iron. Two similar buttons can been seen in Read's 'Metal Buttons c.900 BC - c.AD 1700' (2005, p. 76, nos. 304-5). These both date from the seventeenth century.
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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