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BUTTON
Unique ID: CORN-0B2F77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Gilt copper alloy 'dandy' button, circular in plan and flat in profile, but missing its attachment loop on the back. The button face has been incised and then gilded with a central cross of nine pellets within a four-petalled flower. From each arched angle, between the petals, emanates an arm of a four-armed cross of bifid, V-shaped leaf motifs. The gilding that remains in the fields between the arms of the cross retains the chequered pattern of incised rows of pellets on a gird, creating a patchwork effect, perhaps trying to emulate woven textiles.
Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar dandy button with pellets and petals forming a central fleur on page 60, Fig.9.160, and a button with a bifid leaf foliage border and another with a chequered pattern on page 72, Figs.9.251 & 9.253, which are all dated from the 18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 6.86 g
Diameter: 33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998 - Thursday 31st December 1998
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: West Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Bere Ferrers (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX4366
Four figure Latitude: 50.47274381
Four figure longitude: -4.21385128
1:25K map: SX4366
1:10K map: SX46SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2004 | Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 60 & 72, Figs.9.160, 9.251 & 9.253 |
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