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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-B4EF6C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button fragment. Front from a small composite button with a plain and very slightly concavo-convex back and a front comprising an openwork design of petals, each enclosing filigree loops, with a central boss. Both back and front retain slight traces of white metal plating. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 13mm, Thickness (overall): 2.5mm, Weight: 0.89gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 0.89 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27609
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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