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BUTTON
Unique ID: WAW-648EBE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval (16th to 17th century) button: The lead or lead alloy buttons' head is circular, and is a short conical. The outer face is decorated with a cross with four pellets in each quarter. Bisecting the reverse is a high casting seam, and in the centre of the seam there is an incomplete integral loop. The surface of the button has an oxidised matte cream patina. The diameter across the head is 25mm, 12.43mm deep and it weighs 17.92g.
A similar button cannot be found from a dated context at present, but it is thought to date to the 16th to 17th centuries.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 12.43 mm
Weight: 17.92 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th June 2015 - Thursday 24th September 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chelmarsh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7285
Four figure Latitude: 52.4622205
Four figure longitude: -2.41353752
1:25K map: SO7285
1:10K map: SO78NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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