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Description: | A small copper alloy button dating from the 17th-18th century. It is cast in one piece with an integral drilled shank. The button is discoidal, flat and with rectangular section. The shank is rounded. The decoration comprises an engraved six-petalled flower with pointed stamens within a curvilinear border. The size, shape and decoration is very similar to three examples from South Somerset dated to the 17th-18th century (Read, 2005, 34-5, nos. 120-2). This button has a diameter of 15.55mm, the shank is 5.82mm long, the button is 8.31mm high overall and weighs 2.89g. | 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
1799 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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