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BUTTON
Unique ID: DEV-5EA23F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy button. The button is circular in plan and has a slightly raised central circular boss on the outer face. Around the circumference of the central boss are feint traces of triangles arranged in a sunburst pattern. There are traces of tinning or silvering visible on the surface. The back face is plain and flat and has the remains of an attachment loop at the centre. The button probably dates to the 18th century. See Bailey (2004), page 58, figure 9, number 146 for a broadly similar example.
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Diameter: 31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 5th June 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Marldon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX8665
Four figure Latitude: 50.47370297
Four figure longitude: -3.607878
1:25K map: SX8665
1:10K map: SX85SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2004 | Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 58 | fig 9; number 146 |
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