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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-003341
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Probably die stamped lightly concavo-convex discoid livery button. The front bears complex quartered Arms within a plain Garter-style band with a broad empty zone between it and the rim. The back bears a maker's back stamp: WARRANTED BEST QUALITY and a drawn wire loop brazed to the back. Both front and back retain white metal plating. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 28.2mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 1.4mm, Weight: 8.23gms
Class:
Livery
Inscription:
WARRANTED BEST QUALITY
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: 1.4 mm
Weight: 8.23 g
Diameter: 28.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 11th August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36958
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Walcot
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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