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BUTTON
Unique ID: SOM-CCE029
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small decorated lead button dating to the 16th to early 17th centuries. Discoidal with a convex front and concave back, the button is decorated with a central pellet flanked by six petals, with a slight raised border around the circumference and with all decoration moulded-in-relief. On the rear is an integrally cast simple looped shank, now bent 90 degrees inside the button.
Diameter: 18.4mm, Height: 5.6mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 3.29g.
This example closely resembles examples described by Read (2005: 56-57), particularly Nos. 210 & 212, which attributes to the above date.
A second button was found nearby and may be of a similar date, however it was undecorated and an integrally moulded shaft on the reverse had broken so was left unrecorded.
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 5.6 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 3.29 g
Diameter: 18.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th April 2016 - Sunday 24th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt: 017441
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Shepton Beauchamp CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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