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Description: | A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy two-piece button (c. AD 1600-1700).This button is circular in plan, convex on the upper face and flat at the back. On the front it has a small central pellet. At the centre of the back there is a separate embedded drawn copper-alloy wire shank which is flattened and misshapen. These types of buttons frequently have a high tin content or a polished tin coating.Diameter: 14.49mm; thickness: 5.71mm. Weight: 2.65g.Similar buttons have been published and dated c. 1600-1700 (Read 2005: 76, refs: 304; 305).
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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