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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-28A3E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button fragment. Cast flat probably machine made discoid button with four oval stitching holes of diameter (long axis) 2mm [one blocked], and with curving arcs between them on the display face. The back bears indistinctly stamped maker's details. Traces of gilding appear, better preserved on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 12.2mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 0.59gms.
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
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.59 g
Diameter: 12.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32724
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Uncertain
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Muckton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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