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Description: | A small lead object of unusual form, possibly very crude seal matrix or a dress fastening of some type, dating from the Post medieval period. The object has a flat, circular button like plate with crude decoration consisting of a small central depression surrounded by rough swirled incised lines. There is also a border of short diagonal lines giving an impression of ropework. From the back of this plate extends a crude, thin heart shaped piece of lead at right angles to the circular plate, with a small pierced circular hole through the plate at the lobed end. The style of decoration is similar to 17th and 18th century buttons, so a similar date is suggested though no close parallel has yet been found.
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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