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BUTTON
Unique ID: IOW-E3480A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy one-piece button or cloak fastener (c. 1600-c. 1700).
The integral drilled shank is missing.
This button is circular in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. The front is decorated with annulets and cordons of annulets to form a stylised elaborate flower head. The stub of the shank can be seen at the rear.
The button is corroded and green with tiny flecks of a white metal coating at the front.
Diameter: 20.0mm; height: 4.8mm; thickness: 1.4mm. Weight: 4.46g.
A button from South-East Dorset with very similar decoration has been published (Read 2005: 41, ref: 138).
Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons. c. .900 BC-AD 1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.
Class: One-piece
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 4.8 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 4.46 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 22nd September 2017 - Friday 22nd September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-2-195
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
Parish or ward: Dalham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7459
Four figure Latitude: 52.20176328
Four figure longitude: 0.54475232
1:25K map: TL7459
1:10K map: TL75NW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 41 | 138 |
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