CORN-CC9C15: biconvex button back showing shank

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BUTTON

Unique ID: CORN-CC9C15

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Convex back of a die-stamped composite three-piece sheet copper alloy hollow biconvex button with separate soldered, drawn copper alloy wire shank (this has been flattened against the surface of the back and now appears as a circular loop).
Read (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 86, No. 357, which has engraved decoration on the front (which cannot be determined here) and is dated to the 17th century.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Historic Environment Service, Cornwall County Council
Subsequent action after recording:

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 6.12 g
Diameter: 34 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th May 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Stamped
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tregoney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW9244
Four figure Latitude: 50.259271
Four figure longitude: -4.919525
1:25K map: SW9244
1:10K map: SW94NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found as part of routine controlled investigation and excavation of site
Current location: Historic Environment Service, Cornwall County Council
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	86,	No. 357

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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