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BUTTON
Unique ID: LVPL-CEAC11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post medieval pewter button dating to the 18th century (c.AD 1700-1800).
The button is about one half of a flat circular disk. The face of the object as a pewter surface that has a centrally engraved sun burst motif. The reverse of the object is plain.
This example is similar to several examples in Bailey (2004), particularly Fig.9.34 p.47.
Dimensions:
Length: 26.5mm
Width:13mm
Thickness:1.5mm
Weight: 2.9g
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.5 mm
Height: 1.5 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th October 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
To be known as: Swinfen and Packington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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