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Description: | A complete cast lead button, probably dating from the post-medieval period. Diameter of head: 15.0mm; length of shank: 12.3mm; mass: 6.8g. The button has a plano-convex head, which is circular in plan. There is looped shank on the back of the head, now bent over. There are casting lines to either side of the shank. The button has a dull brown surface in the more recessed areas, particularly on the reverse, but is otherwise off-white in colour, and slightly pitted and abraded.The button is similar to number 1704 in "Colchester Archaeological Report 5: The post-Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-85", Crummy, 1988. Object number 1704 is from a medieval and later context. The button recorded here is also similar to number 228 in "Metal Buttons c.900 BC - c. AD1700", Read, 2005, p60. Read dates this to c.16th century. On this basis, the button recorded here is likely also to be post-medieval, c.16th century.
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