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BUTTON
Unique ID: SOM-E34851
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval cast copper alloy button with integral shank and incised design of a flower on the front. The button is circular. It has a flat front and back. The front has a design of a six petaled flower with pointed stamens, within a plain line outer border, the petals are faint but the stamens very clear. The back is rougher with an integral shank running across almost half of the width. The shank is a tab, roughly broad D-shaped in profile with a large circular hole drilled through it. The hole is now mostly filled with concreted soil. The button is 15.0mm in diameter, 8.5mm in thickness (including the shank) and the weight is 2.89g.
A very similar example is illustrated by Read (2005:34), no.120, dated to the 17th to 18th centuries. See also SOM-DBDFD5 and SOM-1F1CC3 on this database and SOM-E43376 found nearby.
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Monday 4th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019818
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Crewkerne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
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 | 34 | 120 |
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