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BUTTON
Unique ID: SOM-CE47BE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small lead button dating to the 16th to 17th century, discoidal, with a convex front and flat back. The front of the button is decorated with a central pellet surrounded by 6 petals, moulded in relief. On the rear is an integrally moulded shank broken as it splits into the loop with no real stem.
Height: 9.2mm, Diameter: 11.8mm, Weight: 3.6g.
This example closely resembles examples described by Read (2005: 56-57), particularly Nos. 207 & 214, which he dates to the 16th to early 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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.2 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
Diameter: 11.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th September 2016 - Sunday 4th September 2016
Rally details.
This object was found at Urchfont 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt 017450
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Easterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0356
Four figure Latitude: 51.30311414
Four figure longitude: -1.95835165
1:25K map: SU0356
1:10K map: SU05NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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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