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Description: | Gilt copper alloy 'dandy' button, octagonal in plan and flat in profile, but missing its attachment loop on the back. The button face has been incised and then gilded with a central six-petalled flower within a circle, surrounded by ten waisted trefoils bordered with pellets. Beyond these trefoils is a solid circular band with an outer border of solid semi-circular indented leaves within zig-zag arches.The small amount of gilding that remains around the edge of the button retains a few of the motifs from a pattern of what appears to be stars within further arches, creating a scalloped effect.Bailey (2004) illustrates similar dandy buttons with central flowers and borders of indented leaves within arches on pages 60 & 62, Figs.9.160 & 9.171, which are all dated from the 18th century.
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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