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BUTTON
Unique ID: SUSS-94AFBE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, silver, post medieval, 18th century button, AD.1750-1800. The object is a complete 18th century circular button with a rose design on the upper surface. The rose is a single rose with sepals in the rounded petal angles. The reverse of the button has a raised circular central area from the top of which emerges the copper alloy loop. The loop is formed of a single piece of copper alloy wire that has been bent round to form the loop. The other end is within the button suggesting that the button has a copper alloy core that the loop is integrally cast to. A similar, though octagonal example can be foun in Bailey 2004 Fig.9.73 dated to the 18th century.
Height: 8.77mm
Thickness: 2.06mm
Weight: 3.83g
Diameter: 17.69mm
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 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 8.77 mm
Thickness: 2.06 mm
Weight: 3.83 g
Diameter: 17.69 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 14th March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Near Chichester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2004 | Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | fig.9.73 |
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