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BUTTON
Unique ID: HESH-FA9708
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast lead alloy button probably dating from the later post medieval period or early modern period (1550-1750). The button is circular in plan and domed (D shaped). The head is solid and cast in one piece. The front face is decorated with an intricate design comprising a central domed pellet around which six lentoid pellets are arranged in a star burst / flower head pattern. Between the lentoid petals are large raised domed pellets. The external edge, which is eroded, is decorated with alternating lentoid and domed shaped pellets. The ground between the raised elements is further decorated with low relief patterns of interlace and crosshatching. The rear of the button has a single integrally cast projection / shank (diameter: 3.3mm) which broken flush with the surface of the reverse. The button is a mid grey colour with an abraded patina and slightly laminated / corroded surface. A direct parallel has not been found, although broadly similar designs are illustrated in Read's Metal Button; he dates these to the post medieval period c. 1550-1750 AD.
The button measures 28.4mm length, 31.2m,m width, is 5.5mm thick, and weighs 14.04 grams.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.4 mm
Width: 31.2 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 14.04 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service Entry Form: SHRMS: 00655
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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