Record ID: IOW-99CB44
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy post-Medieval button (1600-1750). The button is circular in plan and flat at the front. It has a 'D'-shaped drilled circular perforation at the rear (diameter: 3.9mm). At the front there is a circumferential groove close to the edge. Close to this groove there are six unevenly spaced chevron motifs that point outwards. A small circular depression is slightly off-centre. On the front face there is an impression of numerous lines of small square indentations! This button has a bluish green patina overall. Diameter: 16.8mm; thickness: 9.4mm. Weight: 3.08g. A sim…
Created on: Sunday 11th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-AE3074
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast one piece copper-alloy button with an integral drilled shank. The button is sub-discoidal in shape with a convex front and a flat back. It is decorated with a central moulded pellet surrounded by an eight bladed impeller. The shank is rectangular in section and is sub-lozenge shaped. It measures 13.7 mm in diameter and the shank measures 10 mm in length. It weighs 3.5 grams. A very similar example is illustrated in Read's 'Metal Buttons: c.900 BC - c.AD 1700' (2005, 33; number 112), which was recovered from a 16th century context, but which may be as early as late…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Record ID: DEV-C38596
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy button of 18th to 19th century date. The discoidal head of the button has a circumferential border of incuse pellets, inside which is an engraved ring. No details of the reverse or loop were recorded.
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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Record ID: DEV-C462B8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy button of probable 18th century date. The flat upper surface of the discoidal head has a central ring-shaped mark; such marks also form a circumferential band. The nature of the reverse of the head and the loop were not recorded.
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: DEV-C47173
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three Pewter buttons, 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-C87222
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy button. The button has been cast in one piece and has a solid head; the front is hemispherical and the back is a convex dome. It has an integral loop with circular hole projecting from the centre of the back. The button is 13.2mm long, 9.5mm in diameter and weighs 2.44 grams. Read (2005) page 52, no.182 illustrates a similar button which he suggests dates from the mid 17th to mid-18th centurys.
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DD6431
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy button of post-Medieval date (c. 1500-c. 1600). The back of the button and the loop are missing. The front is domed and the rear is convex. Moulded decoration at the front resembles a flower. It has a flat apex with lines radiating from the centre and the sides are formed by eight, evenly spaced, concave sub-lozenge-shaped 'petals'. The arrises delineating each petal have elongated lozenge-shaped punch marks. Close to the edge, between each petal, the triangular area is flat. The face of the edge has numerous file marks. The metal has a high tin content. It has a sh…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ED54D1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button dating from the later post-medieval period, probably circa AD1700-1800. The button is made from cast lead alloy with a cross and leaf design inset. There are five regular spaced cross shapes, and a four leaf shaped cross overlying these.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2010
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Record ID: LON-6E6DE6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - early Post Medieval copper alloy button dating late 15th - 16th century. This is a cast one-piece button with an integral drilled shank. The head is discoidal with a pointed convex front and flat reverse. The front surface is decorated with a cast, symmetrical foliate pattern showing three leaves radiating out from a central point. There are traces of black, probably enamel, in the fields around the decoration. Read (2005:30-1) illustrates this type of button and suggests the date late 15th - 16th century. Dimensions: length: 14.86mm; diameter: 10.30m…
Created on: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2010
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Record ID: DEV-580397
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three copper alloy Dandy buttons, 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: SF-59DF10
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post-Medieval button. The head is biconical with a raised boss at the centre. The loop is incomplete, due to old breaks, and the lower part is missing. the button measures 11.06mm in diameter, 12.83mm in surviving length and weighs 3.35g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-5F8F71
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy button; solid hemi-spherical head. The head has a slight knop atthe apex. The reverse has a broken surface where the integral loop has since broken off. The surface hs a well developed mid green shiny patina. The button is in fair condition. It measures 5.12mm long, 11.11mm in diameter and weighs 1.7g. A similar button is illustrated in Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58), No. 103, and is dated to the mid 16th to 17th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 2nd August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-6DE942
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy button of early post-medieval date. The button consists of a solid, shallow plano-convex head with a central integral shank, now bent, that protrudes for 8.6mm. The shank expands slightly to a maximum width of 5.6mm. It is finished with a circular perforation and rounded terminal. The head has a small central pellet, radiating out from which are eight scrolled petals. Such floral or solar decoration on buttons with similar bosses can be seen in Bailey (1995, 19; ref. 10) and Meredith et al. (1997, 7). The examples illustrated in these books are…
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quarley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D695B8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval one-piece button (1649-1660). The front is convex and the rear is concave. At the front there are raised conjoined shields of St George and Ireland. A central drilled lug is situated at the centre of the rear face. There is no patina and both faces have traces of tinning. Diameter: 23.9mm; thickness: 8.7mm. Weight: 5.57g.This button probably dates to the Commonwealth period. See Robinson (1999) for objects decorated with the Commonwealth arms
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-021073
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Button. Composite hollow spherical button, with a drawn wire loop attached to a button back inserted - perhaps screwed - into a spherical button front. This might originally have been covered by fabric. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900. Diameter: 13.49mm, Height (including loop): 15.29mm, Weight: 2.29gms.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-021378
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A composite, hollow, biconical button made from two attached hemispheres. On the front is an engraved cinquefoil design. In the back are two blow-holes.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th July 2010
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Record ID: NLM-0249C3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Button. Cast discoid, with integral cast loop drilled out. The slightly convex front bears a circumferential border, an inner circle and a central dot. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850. Diameter: 20.8mm, Thickness (front): 3.82mm, Weight: 5.67gms.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-197896
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy Post Medieval buttons. They both have solid heads with integral loops. 1) sub-spherical head, 1.47mm in diameter, length 15.16mm 2)plano-convex head, 10.02mm in diameter, length 11.67mm Egan illustrates similar buttons from contexts dating to the early seventeenth century AD (Egan 2005, fig33, nos 207, 209)
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-2E0136
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy probable button. The object is hollow and spherical with two holes, although one of these may be damage. Alternative suggestions for this item are bead or bell although no good parallel has been found. Examples of similar buttons on the database have been dated to the post medieval period c.1600-1750.
Created on: Friday 30th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farnsfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-84F787
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy button. Cast in one piece. Domed head and long integral shaft with loop. Early 16th to early 17th century. 14mm long. cf Bailey, 1995 'Detector Finds', page 19, no.12
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
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