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Description: | A cast lead alloy button with a circular head and integrally cast pierced circular loop on the reverse. A casting seam is visible across the reverse. The upper part has moulded decoration in the form of a large central pellet with four similarly sized pellets around it, and eight smaller pellets lining the edge. The central pellet and four of the outside smaller pellets are connected by linear mouldings, which run between the four middle pellets. There is also a complex of cross hatching designs around the outside. It has a light brown patina, measuring 28.1mm in diameter x 15mm at the thickest point. It weighs 16.54g. There are similar, but less ornate finds on the PAS database (for example BUC-164C07). These are dated to the early post-Medieval period (c.1600-1700). This is supported by Helen Geake's description of early post-Medieval buttons being cast in one piece.
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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