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Description: | Copper-alloy post medieval button, probably of fifteenth- or sixteenth-century date. Square pyramidal head with a flat base. The shank is somewhat off-centre but is part of the same casting as the head. the shannk is rectangular in section and the stem is only slightly narrower than the loop, tapering to its narrowest where it joins the head. There is a circular hole drilled through it. The head is decorated on tis upper surface with raised ridges extending to each corner. This creates four panels, within each of these is a design which corrosion has rendered difficult to interpret. They may be sets of three leaves. 13.61 x 9.99 x 9.45, 2.36g.
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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