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BUTTON
Unique ID: SOM-4012DA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval composite lead alloy button with embedded iron wire shank, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1750. The button is discoidal, with a shallow convex front and flat reverse, with much of the original edge now abraded away. The front is decorated with a simple rose motif moulded in relief. A casting seem survives on the reverse, with the vestigial remains of a seperate iron shank embedded into the surface in line with this seam.
Dimensions: Diameter 15.9mm; thickness 6.0mm; weight 3.07g.
Comparable buttons can be seen published by Read, B., 2005. Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700., dating to the 17th and early 18th century.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 3.07 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Thursday 6th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 017350
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Charlton Musgrove CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
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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