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Description: | Description: A complete silver post-medieval button. The face is circular in shape with a downturned lipped edge, a portion of which is now missing. The front face is decorated in counter-relief with two hearts with a crown above; the heart on the right-hand side overlaps its counterpart on the left. The back face has a silver loop in its centre. Discussion: This device is found on 17th-century buttons and cufflinks commonly reported as Treasure. See a similar example from Essex, 2005 T168 (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 138, no 613; PAS Database number ESS-D7A076). The design is thought to be associated with the marriage of Charles II to Catharine of Braganza in 1662, though it appears to have carried on in use for a period afterwards.Dimensions: 13.71mm in diameter, 5.25mm in height (including loop) 0.72g in weight.
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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