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BUTTON
Unique ID: SOM-B75400
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy button of post-medieval (17th-century) date. The button is circular, of a convex domed form, with an integral loop emerging centrally on its lower surface. The loop is D-shaped, with a slightly off-centre circular perforation (Dia.: 3.2mm). The upper surface of the button is decorated with a punched foliate/floral design. The foliate decoration comprises a central stem with a curving stem (?leaf) either side. The central stem terminates in a ?flower with a lobe above formed of two punched crescents. This latter contains a punched ring-and-dot motif; below, in the flower, is a grid of small squares from crossing horizontals and verticals. There are further punched ring-and-dot motifs and crescents to the sides of the flower. The button has corroded to a red-brown colour with dustings of light-green and off-white corrosion product. For buttons of this one-piece construction see Read (2005, 39ff.). For a comparable floral design see WILT-E1FAA2 on this database, on which the design is better executed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 8.6 mm
Weight: 5.37 g
Diameter: 25.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 21985
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Wincanton
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 39ff. |
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