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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-BF3A0D
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy possible button fragment. A cast plano-convex object with an outer lobed edge, possibly cinquefoil, with an inner raised boss bearing strongly moulded vegetal or floral detail; this might depict a basket of fruit or flowers. Against this identification: there is now no trace of a loop visible on the back, and the object is unusually weighty to serve as a button along with others. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1750.
Diameter: 26.2mm, Thickness: 7.1mm, Weight: 11.90gms
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 11.9 g
Diameter: 26.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40817
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Muckton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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