|
Date: |
|
Description: | Post medieval cast one piece lead alloy button. It is circular in plan with a flat reverse and a slightly domed front. The reverse has the remains of an integral shank. The shank would have been a loop which is now broken, leaving two worn knops with a gap between. The front has moulded decoration of a central square with a circle within surrounded by circular pellets around the outer edge of the disc; four large alternating with four small pellets with a raised collar around them. It measures 22.6mm in diameter and 5.6mm in thickness, 6.4mm including the remains of the shank. It weighs 9.92gThe button is of similar style to those in Read's 'Metal Buttons' (2005, pp.60-64) the designs on the front vary, no.243, which has a central pellet with an outer circle of pellets, is perhaps closest. Buttons such as these are dated by Read (ibid 56) to between 1500-1700 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
MOUNT
A circular lead mount, button,…
-
BUTTON
Post Medieval cast lead button…
-
BUTTON
A cast tin button dating…
-
BUTTON
Post Medieval cast copper alloy…
-
BUTTON
A Post Medieval silvered copper…
-
BUTTON
A cast lead-alloy button of…
-
BUTTON
A post medieval lead alloy…
-
BUTTON
A Post Medieval lead alloy…
-
BUTTON
An incomplete cast lead button…
-
BUTTON
A cast lead alloy button…
|