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Description: | Cast lead alloy (pewter) button. The button is flat with laminating and broken edges althoguh it was probably originally circular. On the front is a raised deisng of a royal crown over ST, the T smaller and over a dot, all within a laurel wreath. In the centre of the back is a raised hemicircle with an indent in the centre, probably where the shank was attached. It is now 22.8mm by 18.8mm and 1.9mm thick excluding the raised section n the back, 5.1mm including it, it wieghs 3.70 grams.This is probably a military button of 18th to early 19th cnetury date. It may be local with the ST standing for Somerset.
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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