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Description: | Post medieval copper-alloy composite three-piece button dating to the 17th century. The sheet button consists of a pair of hollow die stamped hemispheres soldered together with a clear join between the two. There is a small circular perforation, or blow hole, either side of the separately attached circular, drawn wire loop/shank. A detached element is lodged within the object and rattles around when shook, but it is assumed that this is mud rather than a pea as with a bell. The head is plain, but corroded with a red-brown colour with traces of a white metal coating around the shank. It is 10.5mm in diameter, 15.7mm long including the shank, 9.8 excluding the shank, the shank is 1.8mm in diameter; it weighs 1.20g.Similar buttons can be found illustrated in Read (2005, 85-8), which are described as Stuart in date; including a spherical, but decorated button (ibid., 88; ref. 369). HAMP-A7F107 on this database is also similar.
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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