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Description: | A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy one-piece button with an integral drilled shank (c. 1600-c. 1725). The button is circular in plan and flat at the top. Decoration on the top is in the form of an engraved six-pelleted flower with pointed stamens within a circular grooved border. The petals, which are circular stamps between the stamens, may have had incised hatching. However, none can be seen. The rear face, excepting the shank, is flat. The shank is 'D'-shaped in side profile (7.5 x 6.9 x 1.9mm) and has a drilled circular hole, 3.1mm in diameter. This button is generally corroded and pitted overall. The patina is lost.Similar buttons have been published and dated (Read 2005: 30 and 34, refs: 120 and 121). Read comments that such buttons continue in use into the 18th 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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