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BUTTON
Unique ID: LANCUM-5A0D64
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper-alloy button with silver sheet cover dating from the post-medieval or early modern period, i.e. c. AD1700-1800. The button is composed of a cast copper-alloy body with integrally cast attachment loop in the centre of the reverse and a thin silver sheet cover. The decoration was probably on the sheet only and not on the underlying body. The decoration was machine-incised, not handmade: it is composed of a number of underlying fine centric circles with three wider, wavy-lined circles on top.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MODERN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th September 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Dalston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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