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Description: | A Post Medieval hollow cast copper alloy button (1500-1550). The button is spherical with a flattened base where the shank attaches to the head. The seam is located below the midline near the base. The loop is round with a diameter of 5.56mm, the two ends of the loop meet to form a small stem (length approximately 2mm) which is attached to the button head. The button is undecorated. Patchy green/brown patina.
The button is similar to number 1720 excavated in Winchester and date to the early to mid 16th century (Biddle 1990:575-6).
Dimensions: length: 18.27mm; diameter 15.35mm; weight 3.78g
Biddle, M. 1990. Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester. Clarendon Press; Oxford. | 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: | 1500
1550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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