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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy button of post-medieval (17th-century) date. The button is circular, of a convex domed form, with an integral loop emerging centrally on its lower surface. The loop is sub-trapezoidal, with a central circular perforation (Dia.: 2.9mm). The upper surface of the button is decorated with a punched design, broadly cruciform. In the centre is a pair of opposing crescents, to the sides of which a 'pelta' formed to a large crescent and two smaller ones. Beyond each pelta is a cluster of small annulets. Beyond the double crescents is a pair of parallel lines, beyond which a cluster of small annulets. There is a further pelta in each 'quarter', each with further crescents beyond. Similar examples of this kind of button can be found illustrated in Bailey (2004, 38) and Read (1988, 146). The button has corroded to a red-brown colour with small patches of green and larger areas of off-white corrosion product.
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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