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Description: | An almost complete, Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy, fair size, discoidal, hollow domed, decorated one piece button or cloak fastener with a broken integral shank. Hand punched ornate floral design with a five-petalled flower in the centre, cresents and curvilinear around and a border of multiple, small annulets. Little wear, attractive brown patina with some pale green corrosion on the surface, especially on the back. This is likely to date to Mid C17th. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 146 No. 971-973, Buttons and Fasteners 500BC-AD1840, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2004, page 35 & 38 and Metal Button c.900BC-cAD1700, Brian Read, Portculis Publishing 2008, page 39-45 No. 136. The button is 28.58mm long, 28.28mm wide, 5.82mm thick, diameter 28.58mm and weighs 9.7g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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