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BUTTON
Unique ID: ESS-85ED55
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy, open cast button of Medieval date with integral loop. The button is a hollow sphere, terminating in a point at the bottom and the integral loop projecting from the top. The sphere has an openwork pattern formed of twelve oval voids with a pointed top, or 'teardrop' shaped. The loop is a rectangular tab with the end rounded with an off-centre circular hole for suspension. The button is complete. Several examples can be found on this database and in Norwich Households, East Anglian Archaeology 59, page 21, number 102.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.9 mm
Weight: 1.23 g
Diameter: 10.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2012 - Thursday 31st May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ESS OEF 7089
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: GREAT TEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 21 | 102 |
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