Record ID: NLM-E30159
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Cast plano-convex discoid button with a moulded eight-armed left hand spiral or impeller motif with a central pellet and a billeted border on its front, and with an integrally cast and drilled shank. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Height: 16.3mm, Diameter: 13.9mm, Weight: 3.97gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-66AD48
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible button. A small plain flat disc, with the ghost of a central scar on the more textured side which may indicate the loss of a loop. Possibly burnt. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Diameter: 12.6mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 1.29gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4F30C5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and lead possible button fragment. Cast lightly biconvex disc with a central round hole marking the loss of a separate loop from the middle of the back. The sheathing of a lead core is an unusual feature of what would be a rather massy form of fastener if the identification were upheld. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800 Diameter: 24.4mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 12.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D5E6FE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and/or tin alloy button. Solid cast globular or biconvex button with a scar on the back from the loss of a separate [probably] copper alloy loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Diameter: 10.8mm, Thickness: 7.6mm, Weight: 3.83gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-29A165
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy 'tombac' button, consisting of the upper domed plate dating c. AD 1600-1800. Only the domed front hemisphere is present - it is discoidal, convex and D shaped in cross-section. The outer dome is decorated with an incised design of a double concentric triangle, with the central triangle carrying incised transverse grooves in each arm, generating a further central triangle. This design is surrounded by a zig-zag groove that forms further triangles, each with transverse incised lines. For parallels on the PAS …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5F7351
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button fragment. Die-stamped front from a uniform button of composite construction, bearing the motif of an anchor with coiled rope against a finely lined ground. Gilded on its display side; detail appears reversed on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Diameter: 21.2mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 1.20gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5F4F94
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Three-piece button, part-die-stamped, of hollow composite construction with an inserted drawn wire loop. A single blowhole appears in the lower hemisphere and gilding traces - or, from a magnified view achieved during image processing, possibly solder joining the button halves - appear where the hemispheres meet. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Height: 14.3mm, Diameter: 11mm, Weight: 1.24gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-38BBC0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark brown patinated copper alloy button wuith integrally cast and drilled loop. Heart shaped heavy button, possibly from leather strap, incised decoration. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Height: 18.1mm, Width: 15.3mm, Thickness (?): 14.3mm
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-7BF9B2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy button dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1600). The button has a solid, domed head that is undecorated. The base of the head is flat and in the centre is an integral, circular attachment loop. The object has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Length 8.7mm; diameter 10.2mm; weight 2.04g Similar buttons are illustrated in Read (2010, 72-4) though these typically have decorated heads, they date from the 16th-17th century.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-799CB3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy probable button. Cast discoid object with plain centre and textured rim; a hollow on the back may mark the site of a separate loop, now lost. If an orange tint here derives from it the loop may have been iron. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medival, 1600-1700 Diameter: 17.9mm, Thickness: 6mm, Weight: 6.32gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-67C7B8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button fragment, as kindly suggested by the finder. Part of a cast disc with incised figurative Neo-Classical decoration on its display side. A draped facing figure holds a vertical palm in its right hand, there is perhaps a vertical column to the right. A cabled border appears at opposite edges. A lug on the back bears rust suggesting the loss of a ferrous metal loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Diameter: 36mm, Thickness (clear of loop site): 1.1mm, Weight: 3.74gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-33663B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button. Cast plano-convex button with an integrally cast and undrilled shank; the front bears a seven-armed radial right-hand spiral with a central knop or nipple; patinated. The loop now bent against the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Diameter: 14.9mm, Thickness (front): 4.3mm, Weight: 6.28gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Springthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-272DAD
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buttons. Two buttons. One is a stamped shirt button with central recess with four stitching holes and bears a maker’s stamp: T.FISH M.R. GAINSBORO; the other is a smaller plain flat discoid button with drawn wire loop brazed to its back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Combined Weight: 3.04gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-268646
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buttons. One button and three fragments, three are plain flat discoid, two of a greyish tint and one retains its wire loop in a boss on the back. The largest object [diameter 24.8mm] is a grey front from a button of composite construction. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Combined Weight: 12.88gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-25DE83
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible button fragment. A small pressed metal disc with crimped edge, and with a faint radial pattern, perhaps an eight-pointed star within a pelleted border, on its front. Pale buff material remins on the back. If not a button, possibly the closure from a small vial. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Diameter: 10.2mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 0.23gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-25C2F4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button fragment. Cast concavo-convex half of a discoid button of composite construction, with an irregular central hole, either damage or to admit a separate loop, and a flat flanged edge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 20.9mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 5.7mm, Weight: 3.85gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E9BC43
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button fragment. Cast concavo-convex button front with a moulded radial design and scalloped edge and retaining traces of a black coating on its front, and with rust on a boss on its back suggesting loss of an iron loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Diameter: 22.1mm, Height (i.e. projection): 3.4mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 2.10gms
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E4DC2C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button fragment. Cast discoid low plano-convex front with a left hand spiral arrangemenrt of six arms within a border [chipped]; a mould line passes across the site of a lost loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Diameter: 17.9mm, Thickness: 4mm, Weight: 4.46gms
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-AC4137
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead button, dating to the Medieval to Post-medieval period, about AD 1400 - 1600. The button has a circular head with a domed top with a prominent front decoration comprising of a stylised flower motif with eight petals radiating from a central point. The reverse of the head is flat and from it projects an integral, bent oval loop. The loop is flat with a small circular hole through it. Dimensions: The button is 11.5mm in diameter, 11.6mm in length and it weighs 3.92g. Cast lead buttons are known from London (in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, page 275) from…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-769AB7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc. A small abraded disc, presented as a Roman coin but with black paint, lacquer or oil traces on either side; the darker side may be the display side of a figurative front. Possibly a button. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Diameter: 11.5mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 0.79gms.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Willingham', grid reference and parish protected.