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BUTTON
Unique ID: IOW-70D416
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn post-Medieval copper-alloy button (1700-1800).
The shank is missing.
This button has a circle of indentations resembling a sunburst. There are similar indentations forming a border. The stub of a shank survives at the back.
This button is drab brown.
Diameter: 29.0mm; thickness including stub: 2.9mm. Weight: 3.96g.
A similar button has been published and dated 1700-1800 (Bailey 2004: 62, fig. 9, ref: 170).
Bailey, G. 2004. Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. Greenlight Publishing, Witham. Essex.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1700
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 3.96 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018 - Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-2-91
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2004 | Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 62, fig. 9, ref: 170 |
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