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Description: | A cast copper-alloy circular button dating to the 17th century. The front of the button is convex, and the reverse has the remains of a loop, with some iron corrosion, in the centre. The mount is decorated with curved grooves, large crescentic punchmarks, and small annular punchmarks. The decoration consists of a stylised face in the centre, probably that of an animal, with erect or drooping ears depending on which way up the button is held. Around the animal head are eight pairs of slightly curved grooves forming a star pattern, the ones at top and bottom enclosing a central line of small annular punchmarks. To the sides, the pairs of lines are short and each end in a ring-and-dot motif, the rings made by using a large crescent-shaped or semi-circular punch. This tool is also used to create pairs of crescents above and below the ring-and-dot motifs, and circles to either side of the top and bottom pairs of slightly curving lines. Around the entire button is a frame of small annular punchmarks. The metal is a dark brownish-green; the patina is very smooth and shiny. The artefact survives in a very good condition. | 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: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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