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Unique ID: LON-E4D114
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval lead-alloy button, dating late 16th-17th century. The button is convex with flat back and decorated with a six-spoked wheel with central pellet. The spokes are decorated with ladder style decoration and there are recesses between the spokes. It is possible there was originally another material inlaid in between the spokes; there are traces of a white material present in some of the recesses. The button has a integral looped shank now slightly bent, a casting seam is visible on the back of the button.
Similar examples can be found in Read (2005:79, no. 300 and 76, no. 286).
Dimensions: length: 9.95mm; diameter: 11.85mm; weight: 1.93g
Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC - AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 9.95 mm
Weight: 1.93 g
Diameter: 11.85 mm
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Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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