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BUTTON
Unique ID: DENO-033413
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy post-medieval button possibly dating to the late 16th to 18th century. The button is decorated with a skull and crossbones with small pellets making up the background; the crossbones are situated above the skull. The button appears to have been circular originally but has lost fragments on either side of the skull. Mould line on the back with a short stem and and complete oval loop. Length 27.05mm, width 24.13mm and weight 4.60g.
The design is similar to the Death's Head badge worn by the 17th Dragoons, initially formed in 1759 and Captain Holtby of the Queen's Royal Lancers Museum says that it may be an early example of a 17th Dragoon's uniform button.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.05 mm
Width: 24.13 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8693
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
Parish or ward: Cottam (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8180
Four figure Latitude: 53.31075403
Four figure longitude: -0.78575765
1:25K map: SK8180
1:10K map: SK88SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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