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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-EB6465
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy
Button. Composite plano-convex button with a cast front bearing floral decoration centred on six dimples, a separate back, and a loop (now lost). Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 11.9mm, Height: 5.3mm, Weight: 1.34gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 5.3 mm
Weight: 1.34 g
Diameter: 11.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM18362
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winteringham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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