SOM-DBDFD5: SOM-DBDFD5: Post-Medieval button

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BUTTON

Unique ID: SOM-DBDFD5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy button, 17th or early 18th century in date. The button is disk shaped and flat with a rounded integral shank attached at a right-angle to the reverse. The upper face of the button is decorated with an engraved six-petalled flower with pointed stamens within a curvilinear border. The button is greenish-brown in colour and survives in fairly good condition. It is similar in design to two buttons in Read (2005, p.34), no's: 120 and 121. Diameter: 15.5mm, Thickness: 8.1mm Weight: 2.7g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.1 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 15.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th December 2008

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Entry 020367

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Near Withycombe

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2005	Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	34	120-121

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Recording Institution: SOM
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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