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BUTTON
Unique ID: CORN-A4605D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete lead-alloy button with an integral shank, dating to the Post Medieval period. The object has a convex surface and a concave underside, with the shank broken at the very base of the loop. The head is conical in shape and decorated with with raised decoration in the form of a 'wheel' of eight spokes. The spokes radiate from a central pellet within a small circle. The lead is now a dark grey in colour.
Measurements: Diameter, 23.03mm; Thickness including shank, 7.73mm; Weight, 8.92g
Similar buttons can be found on the PAS database such as IOW-3BDB43, YORYM-F8A2EC and NLM-7CD5D4. Similar examples can also be found in Read (2005: 63, nos. 241 - 242) and which are dated to the 16th century.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.73 mm
Weight: 8.92 g
Diameter: 23.03 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS 2022 42
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Buryan (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4123
Four figure Latitude: 50.05062798
Four figure longitude: -5.61939082
1:25K map: SW4123
1:10K map: SW43NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 | 63 | nos.241-242 |
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