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BUTTON

Unique ID: IOW-FCD368

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy two-piece button (c. 1600-c. 1700).

The front of the button is missing.

This button is circular in plan. The back of the button is convex and it is concave on the inside. The integral drilled shank is 'D'-shaped in side view and the hole has a diameter of 3.6mm.

The button is drab green.

Diameter: 19.0mm; height: 10.7mm. Weight: 2.99g.

A similar button has been published (Read 2005: 70, ref: 279).

Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons. c. .900 BC-AD 1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset

Class: Two-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: 10.7 mm
Weight: 2.99 g
Diameter: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th September 2017 - Monday 25th September 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2017-2-198

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

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.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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	70	279

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Recording Institution: IOW
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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