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BUTTON
Unique ID: IOW-204413
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval three-piece copper-alloy button (1700-1800).
The hollow head of this button is domed at the top and convex on the underside. The apex of the head is missing where there is a circular hole, 8.6mm in diameter. The top is decorated with an incised seven-pointed star, the arms radiating from the central hole. Beyond the arms are two concentric circumferential grooves close to the soldered join. The underside has a circular hole, 3.0mm in diameter. At the centre of the underside is a soldered wire copper-alloy attachment loop.
This button is reddish brown with flecks of white metal.
Height of head: 9.0mm; height including loop: 16.1mm; diameter: 20.8mm. Weight: 3.05g.
A similar button has been dated by Bailey to the eighteenth century (Bailey 2004: 76, fig.9, ref: 319).
Bailey, G. 2004. Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. Greenlight Publishing, Witham. Essex.
Class: Three-piece
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1700
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.1 mm
Weight: 3.05 g
Diameter: 20.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th March 2016 - Sunday 6th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-1-69
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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 | 76, fig.9 | 319 |
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