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BUTTON
Unique ID: WAW-224C35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval (17th century) button: The copper alloy buttons' head is a solid hemi-spherical and undecorated. Protruding from the back of the head there is an integral lug with an oval perforation at the terminal. The surface of the button has a matte red-brown surface. The diameter across the head is 11.51mm and the length is 12.02mm. It weighs 2.97g.
A similar shaped button in Egan (2005), No. 183 was found in a 17th century context.
Egan, G., 2005. Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition London: Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 19
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.02 mm
Weight: 2.97 g
Diameter: 11.51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th July 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Newbold Pacey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3157
Four figure Latitude: 52.21035377
Four figure longitude: -1.54773862
1:25K map: SP3157
1:10K map: SP35NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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