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BUTTON

Unique ID: SUR-6FBD15

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A convex copper alloy button with a gilded surface depicting a plough and a crown over a black-letter legend BUCKS / 1832. The reverse has a maker's mark of DAWES & SHERLOCK / 15 KING STREET / COVENT GARDEN surrounding the stump of a broken soldered wire shank.

Notes:

This button may commemorate success in a ploughing competition. See also SUR-85DC3A and HAMP-ADB413 for similar objects relating to Wiltshire.

Inscription: BUCKS 1832

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1832
Date to: Circa AD 1832

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 5.29 g
Diameter: 23 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2019

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Watlington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6993
Four figure Latitude: 51.63158966
Four figure longitude: -1.00448728
1:25K map: SU6993
1:10K map: SU69SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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