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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-B38672
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Light pressed metal button with a convex central boss with four stitching holes. The front of the rim bears the maker's or vendor's legend: HUTCHINSON.SCAWBY. on what appears a larger border motif resembling a belt or Garter. The sunken boss retains black paint. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 18.2mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 1.47gms.
Inscription:
HUTCHINSON.SCAWBY.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 1.47 g
Diameter: 18.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28703
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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