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BUTTON
Unique ID: WAW-8DC626
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A solid cast, Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval (1500 to 1700 AD) domed lead alloy button.
The head of the button is plano-convex in shape, with a flat base and domed top. The front of the button is decorated with an embossed (slightly raised) long cross design with a central pellet in each quarter. The ends of the cross split into two separate ends at the base of the head. The back of the head is plain.
Two stumps remain of the shank or stem of the button. They would have originally projected away from the head of the button and joined together to form a loop. The casting seam is present as a horizontal line across the back of the head, including the remains of the stem.
Buttons of a similar type are on pages 29 and 35 in Bailey (2004).
The head of the button is 8.44mm high, with a diameter of 14.77mm. The overall height including the stumps of the stem is 9.04mm high. It weighs 7.6 grams.
Reference:
Bailey, G. 2004. Buttons and Fasteners 500 BC to AD 1840. Greenlight Publishing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.04 mm
Weight: 7.6 g
Diameter: 14.77 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Embossed
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Staffordshire Moorlands (District)
Parish or ward: Waterhouses (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1152
Four figure Latitude: 53.065131
Four figure longitude: -1.8373
1:25K map: SK1152
1:10K map: SK15SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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