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Description: | Silver-plated copper alloy dandy button dating from the 18th century, 34 mm in diameter, 1 mm thick and weight 7.49 g. The button is decorated with a circle of 14 raised dots, each about 1.5 mm in diameter, about half-way between the circumference and the centre point; the dots have been punched into the metal from the opposite side. Otherwise there is no pattern on either surface of the button. The front face, with the raised dots, has been silvered; the silver coating is largely intact apart from having been rubbed away on the surfaces of the 14 dots and for around 0.5 mm around the perimeter edge. The back of the button was not silvered and its surface is red-brown in colour with large patches of green patina. A slight scar in the centre of the back surface indicates the point where an attachment loop was originally fixed to the button.Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar silvered copper alloy dandy button with ten circular pellets on page 60, fig.9.167, which is dated from the 18th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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