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Description: | The button has a hemi-sphereical head with an integral loop on the reverse. The length pf the button from the apex of the head to the lower edge of the loop is 13mm and the head is 14.9mm in diameter. It weighs 3.99g.
The front is undecorated, and some of the original surface is missing. Otherwise the button has a matte grey patina.
The button is probably of Post Medieval date. Margeson has a similar example illustrated which is dated to the mid 16th to 17th centuries. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1550
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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