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Description: | Cut steel button from the mid 18th century. Cut in the form of a flower with 7 petals (septfoil) each with a central groove; inbetween each of these petals is a V shaped "petal" with a circular indentation. The centre of the object has a ring of 7 pellets arranged around a large central pellet. The button is badly corroded and only part of the original surface finish survives. The reverse is slightly hollow and undecorated. There are traces of an iron pin. Hand-cut and hand-polished buttons of this type - sometimes referred to as "Dandy" buttons - would sparkle when they caught the light. Bailey (2004, 42) suggests they were produced as a rival to marcasite which was used in France.Diameter: 26.8mm; thickness: 7.64mm; weight: 13.4g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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