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BUTTON
Unique ID: HAMP-5AF401
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An apparently incomplete early post-medieval (c.1500-1600) openwork silver button. It comprises a convex openwork filigree octofoil with a coil of twisted silver wire in each foil, with a circle of twisted wire around a central globular pellet. Within the ends of three of the coils is a tiny silver globular pellet. Running around the inside of this hemi-spherical part is the remains of a sheet-silver backing, the edges jagged where it is damaged and incomplete. A further (incomplete) circular piece of sheet silver lies flat across the base. Over this and centrally aligned is a straight length of filigree extending from between two small roundels at one end. It is otherwise incomplete.
The object measures 11.9mm in diameter and length, 10.4mm in width, 4.0mm in height, 0.6mm in thickness and weighs 0.58g.
Cf. NMS-0B3E27, NARC-148471 and ESS-BDFAE1, all of which have similarities in decoration but rather different fixing mechanisms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2018T426
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: 11.9 mm
Height: 4 mm
Width: 10.4 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.58 g
Diameter: 11.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 651
Treasure case number: 2018T426
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
To be known as: Mattingley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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