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Description: | An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1500-1650) solid hemispherical lead alloy button, missing much of its integral undrilled shank. It measures 12.29mm in diameter and stands 6.99mm in height (6.51mm without stumps of loop). Weighs 2.7g.The domed face of the button is decorated with a central pellet, equidistant around which are four slightly smaller pellets. All are within the border of a cross shape with rounded ends. From the edges of this to the edge of the button are decorative vertical ribs.Read (2005) dates similar buttons to the 16th and early 17th century, eg. nos.217-36 and 207-16. The integral loop is not on a long stem.
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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