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Description: | Post Medieval cast copper alloy openwork button in the form of the Annunciation (the Angel Gabriel announcing to Mary she is to bear Gods son). The figures stand on a ground line and there is a line linking them at the top. Between then is a branch or small palm with a copper alloy loop on the back of it. The edges and front are moulded to the figures and the back is flat with slight concave areas under the thicker parts of the design. The loop is formed of a circular sectioned integrally cast spike bent over 180 degrees to meet the back. The front and loop and bent. Although the loop suggests it mould be used as a button its fragility and irregular outline suggests it is more likely to have been sewn onto clothing or attached to other items as decoration. It is 24.7mm by 23.0mm and 1.6mm thick, 5.2mm thick including the loop. It weighs 2.66 grams. The style and use of casting rather than machine pressing suggest a 17th to 18th century date. WILT-5366C8 on this database provides an exact parallel; Nick Griffiths examined that example and suggested it may be a souvenir from a continental Roman Catholic shrine.
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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