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BUTTON
Unique ID: DOR-83A827
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a domed, hollow silver button. The front of a possibly bi-convex circular button, decorated with two incised girth lines at the edge. There is a raised dot at the apex of the dome. Date: Post-medieval - Late 16th to 17th century Dimensions: 15.37 mm x 7.58 mm x 0.47 mm Weight: 0.37 g
The BM curator's report is as follows:
Report on post-medieval silver object from Bradford Peverell, Dorset. 2009 T77 Silver hemispherical artefact made from thin curved sheet with central knop, broken, torn along damaged lower edge and crushed. Incised lines along lower edge. Possibly part of a button of post-medieval date, perhaps late 16th to 17th Century. Dimensions: 15.37 mm x 7.58 mm x 0.47 mm Weight: 0.37 g As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton Curator of Renaissance Europe Prehistory and Europe British Museum
Class: Domed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2009T77
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.37 mm
Width: 7.58 mm
Thickness: 0.47 mm
Weight: 0.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 2006 - Wednesday 31st May 2006
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2009T77
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Bradford Peverell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY6692
Four figure Latitude: 50.726618
Four figure longitude: -2.483067
1:25K map: SY6692
1:10K map: SY62SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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