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Description: | A cast lead button dating from the early Post-Medieval period, AD1500 - 1600. It has a domed head which is decorated with a moulded, floral design. The design consists of a central pellet within a ring, surrounded by four equidistantly spaced oval petals, each surrounded by an oval groove. Between each pair of petals is a single large pellet. Each pellet is linked to the central ring by a pair of raised ridges and to the adjacent petals by a pattern of cross-hatched lines. The underside of the button is flat and has an integral, sub-circular suspension loop, pierced with a circular perforation. Traces of a casting seam can also be seen. The button is 14.2mm in diameter and 12.5mm long. it weighs 4.72gm. Similar decorated buttons can be found on the database: see for example references NLM-03DEF9, IOW-C38032 and GLO-0498A8.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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