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Description: | A cast copper alloy post medieval button dating from AD1550-1650. The head is hemispherical and undecorated. There is an integral, flat suspension loop with a circular perforation for attachment to the garment. The button displays a patchy, light green patina. It is 12.7mm long and 12.1mm in diameter. It weighs 3.73gm.A similar button is illustrated in Egan, 2005, Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, figure 33, number 180. This button is attributed to the first half of the seventeenth century.
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