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BUTTON
Unique ID: IOW-29A0C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
IOW2020-1-47 An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy button (c. 1700-c. 1800).
The attachment loop at the back is missing but a stub remains.
The front has a raised representation of a bearded male figure facing.
This button is white metal coated at the front.
The button was made in London but the maker’s name is unclear:
[ ] LONDON
Diameter: 26.0mm; thickness: 2.9mm. Weight: 5.60g.
Compare with IOW-2D2C12.
The design, a Capuchin friar couped, is the crest (component of coat of arms) of the Barrington family whose seat was in Essex and were associated with Swainston Manor in the Isle of Wight.
http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1660-1690/member/barrington-sir-john-1615-83 accessed 15/2/2020.
For details of the Barrington family and Swainston Manor, see:
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol5/pp217-221#h3-0002 (accessed 16 February 2020).
'Parishes: Calbourne', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 217-221. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol5/pp217-221.
Inscription:
LONDON
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: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 5.6 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th January 2020 - Thursday 30th January 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2020-1-47
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
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
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