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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy button, probably of 18th century date. The button is circular in plan and is highly decorated with traces of a silver colour which may be due to silvering or tinning the surface. The front is decorated with a sunburst pattern arranged around a central plain circle. The button appears to have been stamped from the back, creating a series of small raised domes around the circumference. At the apex of each dome is a small circular perforation. It is possible that each dome had glass or gems set into them to create a sparkling apprearance. The back is also silvered or tinned and a circular attchment hoop survives. Buttons with similar decorated circumferences can be seen in Biley (2004) p58, fig 9, numbers 140, 142 and 145.
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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