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Description: | Post-Medieval lead-tin alloy (pewter) cast button. Circular in shape, with a plain convex domed front and flat back. On the reverse is a casting line running from edge to edge and in the centre an integral loop. The loop is circular in section and a squashed D shape in section, attached to the button at each end. It is chipped slightly to each side. It has a diameter of 11.5mm, thickness of 4.8mm excluding the loop, 7.9mm including it and weighs 2.20 grams.Similar buttons are illustrated by Read (2005:60), no.228-9, which he dates to the 16th century.
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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