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Description: | A solid, copper alloy button dating from the late Medieval or early Post-Medieval period, AD1450 - 1600. It is hemispherical and has an integral, flat shank pierced with a circular perforation. The end of the shank is broken across the perforation; the break is old and is patinated. The button has a rough, light green patina. It is 12.1mm in diameter and 13mm long. It weighs 4.14gm.Similar buttons are illustrated in Bailey, 2004, Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840, page 29, numbers 7.36 - 7.39.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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