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Description: | Medieval to Post Medieval (15th-16th century) button: The copper alloy buttons' head is biconvex, and decorated with a small knop at the apex. Protruding from the back of the head there is an integral loop with a circular perforation at the terminal. The surface of the button has a dark green shiny patina. The diameter across the head is 11.93mm and the length is 18.11mm. It weighs 5.2g.Another similar shaped button in Egan and Pritchard (2002), No. 1404 is thought to be dated to the 13th to late 15th centuries. Other examples are illustrated in Egan (2005), for example 207 to 211 which again are made of cast lead/tin, but these were found in 17th century contexts but were probably intrusive.A similar button has been published and dated late 15th-16th century (Read 2005: 51-52, ref: 185).Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 2002 Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval finds from Excavations in London) London: Boydell PressEgan, G., 2005. Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition London: Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 19Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons. c. .900BC - AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940 London Museum: Medieval Catalogue HMSO London
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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