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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy button and attached wire 16th - 17th century. This button is discoidal with a convex front and concave reverse and an integral perforated shank. There is a length wire which passes through the shank and then the four strands are twisted and form a loop at the other end. The length of wire is curved into a C-shape. The front surface of the button is decorated with a stamped geometric pattern. The pattern comprises a central six-pointed star with crescents in the angle between each point within a circle of annulets and then there is a wavy outer border of annulets. In the centre of the star are two further crescent stamps forming a rough annulet containing a random arrangement of four annulets.A similar button with an almost identical pattern is illustrated in Read (2005:55 no. 204) which he dates as 16th - 17th century.These buttons are often used in pairs to fasten cloaks and have been found with wire connecting the two buttons (Pers. Comm. Geoff Egan).Dimensions: thickness of twisted wire: 2.43mm; diameter: 27.69mm; weight: 11.81g.Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC - AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.
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