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Description: | Copper alloy, open cast button of Medieval date with integral loop. The button is a hollow sphere, terminating in a point at the bottom and the integral loop projecting from the top. The sphere has an openwork pattern formed of twelve oval voids with a pointed top, or 'teardrop' shaped. The loop is a rectangular tab with the end rounded with an off-centre circular hole for suspension. The button is complete. Several examples can be found on this database and in Norwich Households, East Anglian Archaeology 59, page 21, number 102.
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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