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Description: | An incomplete cast lead button of early post-Medieval date (c. 1500-c. 1650).The button has a convex front and flat back. At the front decoration is composed of six evenly spaced raised lines that radiate from the centre. Between the lines there are other raised decorative marks that are indeterminate. The stub of a loop survives slightly off-centre at the back.There is a buff patina in places.Diameter: 20.1mm; thickness: 6.7mm. Weight: 8.87g.Lead buttons of this type are illustrated in Read 2005. 'Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700', 57, refs: 211-214. These buttons have been have been dated by Read to c. 16th - early 17th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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