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BUTTON
Unique ID: BERK-BEA897
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete plated copper-alloy Post-Medieval button dating to AD 1600 – 1850.
The object is circular in plan and domed in section. It has a hollow, concave plain reverse. There is a small knob on the apex of the front face. The rest of the front is plated with a silver metal and decorated with incised grooves in the pattern of an eight-petalled flower. There are four parallel transverse grooves incised between each petal. There is no trace of any fastening attachments. There is some wear to the edge of the button and the underside is chipped and rough.
Diameter 14.6mm, Height: 6.5mm, Weight: 2.1g
An identical mount is already recorded on the PAS database NARC-16DC33 and OXON-0F5093 Bailey (2004: 53) illustrates several identical examples he described as Tombac buttons dating to the 18th century.
Notes:
Not seen by FLO. Photo and Info from finder
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.6 mm
Height: 6.5 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th April 2020
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Speen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4568
Four figure Latitude: 51.40924512
Four figure longitude: -1.354393
1:25K map: SU4568
1:10K map: SU46NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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