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BUTTON
Unique ID: CORN-D4D13F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast lead alloy button, circular in plan and domed in profile, with a central raised pellet with nine spokes emanating from it, which terminate in a circular border that runs around the edge of the button, to create the appearance of a wheel. Between each spoke is a single pellet, just within the circular border. The back of the button has a moulded line that crosses the diameter of the button which is the base of what was probably a simple looped shank in the centre.
Read (2005) illustrates a similar solid lead alloy button on page 101, no.398, which is dated from the 16th century.
Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar solid pewter button on page 17, fig.6.1, which is dated from the 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 6 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.76 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Saturday 30th May 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Gwinear-Gwithian (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5840
Four figure Latitude: 50.21040947
Four figure longitude: -5.39315583
1:25K map: SW5840
1:10K map: SW50NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
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 | 17, fig.6.1 | ||
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 101, | no.398 |
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