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Description: | A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy button (c. 1806-c. 1900).The button is flat and circular in plan. It has a recessed shield-shaped panel at the front. The panel contains three vertically stacked cannons in relief. In a band above the cannons three bezants are separated by a stack of three cannon balls. The back has a separate soldered copper-alloy wire loop which is bent to one side.The metal is uniform reddish brown.Diameter: 21.7mm; thickness: 0.7mm; thickness including loop: 4.9mm. Weight: 2.85g.The shield displays the arms of the Board of Ordnance, which were granted in 1806 and confirmed in 1823.Similar examples have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: CORN-7F87B1; DENO-7F5211; DENO-EAEBB0; FAKL-FB4AF5; NARC-68C984, NLM-79C9CA; NMS-F2EFD1; SUSS-6D3A93; SUSS-6F5441 and YORYM-812C8C.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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