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Description: | Silver button. The front-plate is a convex openwork filigree octofoil with a coil of twisted silver wire in each foil, with a circle of twisted wire around a Central pellet. Soldered to the circular, flat back-plate with separate soldered wire loop on reverse. Similar to an example with filigree front and back-plates from Witherley, Leicestershire (database number NARC-148471). 16th century. Similar example can be found from Essex (ESS-BDFAE1, 2011 T759) and from Leicestershire which is now in the British Museum collections (NARC-148471; BM registration number: 2010.8036.1).Diameter 13mm. Height 6mm.
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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