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Description: | Cast copper alloy button, circular in plan and flat in profile, with a central circular setting which contains a blue glass stone. The stone has since been chipped so that it almost looks hexagonal, but was originally more facetted. The upper face of the button also appears to have a pattern of cross-hatching involving groups of five parallel lines at right angles to each other and overlapping to look like textile, but most of the original surface has corroded away. The back of the button has an oval attachment loop, now 5mm in length, which was probably originally circular but has since been flattened.Meredith and Cuddeford (1997) illustrate a similar brass weave pattern on a button on page 33, No.20, which is dated from the late 19th to the early 20th century, and similar buttons with central settings for stones on pages 34-35, Nos.28 & 38, which are dated to c.1900.
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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