Rights Holder: Derby Museums Trust
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BUTTON
Unique ID: DENO-8844BB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy post-medieval cast one piece button with an integral loop (AD c.1500-c.1700). The button is circular with a slightly convex obverse and a slightly concave reverse. The decoration is too worn and corroded to decipher. The loop on the reverse is rectangular. There was originally an iron pin attached to the loop, like a hinge, but this has since broken off in two pieces. The pin is roughly cylindrical. Overall, the button measures 19.7mm in diameter and 6.3mm thick. It weighs 2.30g. The longer piece of the pin measures 16mm long. The button and the iron pin together weigh 2.59g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 2.59 g
Diameter: 19.7 mm
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8228
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
To be known as: Nottinghamshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: DENO-B05857
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, hinged brooch (AD c. 55-c.100), missing its catchplate, pin and part of its hinge bar…
Workflow: Published
Find number: CAM-0081C3
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broadperiod: MODERN
An assembledge of artefacts that are too modern to normally have been recorded onto the Portable Antiquities Scheme database but that are bei…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SOM-DBB731
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
A cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The incomplete brooch measures 27.6mm in length by 25.9mm across the wings and weighs …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618