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BUTTON
Unique ID: WMID-AE3074
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval cast one piece copper-alloy button with an integral drilled shank. The button is sub-discoidal in shape with a convex front and a flat back. It is decorated with a central moulded pellet surrounded by an eight bladed impeller. The shank is rectangular in section and is sub-lozenge shaped. It measures 13.7 mm in diameter and the shank measures 10 mm in length. It weighs 3.5 grams. A very similar example is illustrated in Read's 'Metal Buttons: c.900 BC - c.AD 1700' (2005, 33; number 112), which was recovered from a 16th century context, but which may be as early as late 15th century in date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1475
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 13.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Saturday 1st May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Lowick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9880
Four figure Latitude: 52.409237
Four figure longitude: -0.560736
1:25K map: SP9880
1:10K map: SP98SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 | 33 | 112 |
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