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Description: | A probable cooper alloy and tin button, dating from the Post Medieval period, circa AD 1600 - 1700.The button is discoidal and solid with a convex front and flat back. This gives a 'D' shaped profile. There is a small broken projection on the reverse which is the remains of the now missing looped shank. The button is undecorated. The metal is grey and shiny which is possibly a polished tin surface. Read (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 75, No 302. Read (2005) discusses how the high tin content or a polished tin coating can give the appearance of silver. There are others recorded on the PAS database, (WILT-21A845) for example was discovered in Wiltshire.The button is 11.98mm diameter, 6.95mm thick and weighs 4.5g.Read, B., 2005. Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700. Langport, Portcullis Publishing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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