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BUTTON
Unique ID: CORN-B980C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead button, circular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section, with an integral square lug on the back, perforated with a square hole. The button's face is decorated with two raised crosses, expanded to the edge from a central boss, which divide the face into eight sections, surmounted by an internal circle which then divides the face into sixteen sections. Each of the outer eight sections holds one raised pellet. This pattern can be seen commonly on lead tokens dating from the Medieval period, but is also found on buttons from this time.
Read (2005) illustrates similar buttons on page 18, Nos.50 & 53, which date from the 15th century.
Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar button on page 17, Fig.6.1, which dates from the 14th to the 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 24.7 g
Diameter: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008 - Thursday 31st December 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Kew (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0377
Four figure Latitude: 50.55947
Four figure longitude: -4.782718
1:25K map: SX0377
1:10K map: SX07SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2004 | Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 17, | Fig.6.1 | |
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 18, | Nos.50 & 53 |
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