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Description: | A cast lead-alloy composite button of Charles I or II, of 17th century date.The button has a decorated slightly convex outer plate. The surface is dominated by a central, forward facing bust in relief. The bust has an open-arched crown with a double band at the base containing pellets (pearl?), and two crosses sit side-by-side between the bands and below the arch. The face is egg-shaped and has few features, limited to sunken eye sockets close set, with the sunkenness continuing to outline a long U-shaped nose. Long flowing hair rests on the head and falls to either side, which further defines the neck. To either side of the bust is C R, presumably for Carolus Rex (King Charles). A raised pellet is beneath each letter, and floral arrangment of pellets is also above each letter.The base plate of the button is D-shaped in profile, accommodating the convex decorated plate but having a flat back. A slightly raised rib runs across the width of the button, and in the centre is a broken shank which presumably originally had a loop at the end for attachment to clothing.The size and weight of the button suggests it was for a coat.
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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