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BUTTON

Unique ID: CORN-4D1386

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post-Medieval lead-alloy button, dating to c.AD 1600 - 1700. The button is circular in plan and D-shaped in section, having a domed front. The front of the button is decorated with at the apex with a moulded annulet, radiating from the annulet are eight moulded lines, possibly spoked wheel decoration. The rear is undecorated but has retained a thick attachment loop which is slightly off centre. The semi-circular loop is rectangular in plan and in section. The button is mostly complete, some of the outer edge is worn.

Similar shaped lead buttons are illustrated in Read (2005) Metal buttons c.900BC-c.AD 1700, p 31, no 101

Measurements: Diameter, 23.34mm; Thickness (including loop), 13.48mm; Weight, 14.96g

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: 13.48 mm
Weight: 14.96 g
Diameter: 23.34 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th February 2021 - Saturday 6th February 2021

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS 2022 51

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SX0160
Four figure Latitude: 50.40609372
Four figure longitude: -4.80186832
1:25K map: SX0160
1:10K map: SX00SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
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	31	101

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: About one year ago
Updated: About one year ago

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