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BUTTON
Unique ID: HESH-9778F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy gilded livery button of modern date 1800-1900. The front shows an eagle with wings spread about to take flight from a branch above a cushion. The tip of the branch has an unusual divided circular device. The reverse face is plain and there is no evidence of a makers mark - a single broken stud is positioned at the mid point - this is all that remains of a loop. Entire face gilt the underlying metal is a corroded mid reddish brown green colour.
The button measures 25.8mm diameter, is 3.2mm thick and weighs 6.6 grams
Class: Livery
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 6.6 g
Diameter: 25.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SMS Entry Form - SHRMS: 00564
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
District: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Waters Upton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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