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BUTTON
Unique ID: SOM-E9FC97
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast lead button with integral shank which is now broken. The button is circular with a slight projection at one edge producing a 'drop' shape. It has a slightly concave back and conical front, producing a broadly triangular cross section. The conical front is decorated with three raised concentric rings around a central pellet with thinner raised lines radiating out from the centre to the edge. The back of the button has the remains of the integral shank, now two stubs with a gap between which would have been joined by the loop. It measures 23.1 mm in diameter, 9.5 mm in thickness and weighs 17.59 g.
Read illustrates similar examples with wheel or spider web designs (2005:57, no.214 and p.62, no.239) which he dates to the 16th-17th centuries (ibid:56).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 17.59 g
Diameter: 23.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 020852
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Ilchester
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 56-57, 62 | 214, 239 |
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