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BUTTON
Unique ID: LANCUM-68ECD4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy two piece button, sometimes known as tombac or dandy buttons. It is flat and circular in plan with a soldered shank on the back. The outer face is decorated with a finely incised feathered border. The back has the remnants of a central loop for thread. There is some damage to the edge of the button. The button has a remnant coating, probably some form of white metal. It probably dates from between c1675 and c1800 AD. The diameter is 27mm and the weight is 4.52g. Similar records on the database include NLM-F80432.
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 1675
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.52 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd November 2017 - Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Sawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD7746
Four figure Latitude: 53.90963876
Four figure longitude: -2.35159799
1:25K map: SD7746
1:10K map: SD74NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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