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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-37D970
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buttons. Six composite buttons or button fragments: Three are hollow with a pressed metal figurative fronts, depicting a wading bird, a monogram and a floral composition, the latter gilded. Two detached button fronts bear black paint or enamel. A final plain button has a concave front and integrally cast loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Combined Weight: 15.50gms.
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
Weight: 15.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30301
Materials and construction
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: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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