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BUTTON

Unique ID: LEIC-8C51C7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post Medieval copper alloy button, 10mm long and 10mm in diameter. The button is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 1.75 grams. The button consists of a rectangular plate, 6x4mm, which would have had a drilled hole near its end, this is now missing. Above this is a circular domed button which has a pattern formed of elongated bands, some plain some with incised lines intersecting them. This type of button dates to the Tudor period when buttons were extremely popular, especially in the Elizabethan period.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 10 mm
Weight: 1.75 g
Diameter: 10 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th April 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Grimston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6721
Four figure Latitude: 52.782431
Four figure longitude: -1.008087
1:25K map: SK6721
1:10K map: SK62SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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