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BUTTON
Unique ID: DENO-430A6B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy one-piece button dating to the period c.1500-1600 consisting of both head and shank. The head is discoidal and convex at the front and flat at the back. It has a central boss surmounted by a pellet within a multifoiled design. A rectangular section divides the head from the shank. The shank is broadly triangular, wider than the section intially before tapering into a point. It contains a central loop.
Length of object: 17mm; Width of head: 14.3mm; Length of shank: 7.9mm; width of shank: 7mm. Length of head: 6.4; Weight: 3.47g
A button with similar decoration has been published and dated c.16th century (Read 2005: 37, ref: 123).
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 14.26 mm
Weight: 3.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DERBY E8684
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Perlethorpe cum Budby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6170
Four figure Latitude: 53.22355463
Four figure longitude: -1.0877972
1:25K map: SK6170
1:10K map: SK67SW
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 | pg 17, no. 123 |
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