Record ID: KENT-D786A5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast one piece copper-alloy button, likely of 15th century date. Description: The button is discoidal and plano-convex with a chunky drilled shank eminating from the reverse. The front is flat and undecorrated. The reverse is convex leaving the button face D-shaped in cross-section. The shank has been finished and remains in a rectangular shape. The button is a dark grey-green colour. Measurements: 15mm long, 18mm in diameter (on the face, shank 10mm wide) and 10.3g in weight. Discussion: This button fits a small group of medieval buttons illustrated by Brian Read (20…
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 24th November 2020
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Record ID: KENT-E3B536
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast one piece copper-alloy button, likely of 15th century date. Description: The button is discoidal and plano-convex with a chunky drilled shank eminating from the reverse. The front is slightly concave with a central dot surrounded by two closely aligned concentric circles.The rever is quite convex. The button is a dark green colour. Measurements: 14.73mm long, 15.66mm in diameter (on the face, shank 9.81mm wide and 5.29mm thick) and 6.91g in weight. Discussion: Brian Read (2005, 11) illustrates a very similar exampl, number 27. These are dated to c. 15th century althoug…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: KENT-9133A2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete slightly warped cast lead-alloy medieval button of Medieval date. Description: The button is cast in one piece and is domed with a flat back and drilled shank suspension loop, which is now incomplete. The suspension loop sits on clear casting seam. The front is decorated with a saltire with a pellet in each angle. The button is patinated an off white colour. Measurements: 12.01mm in diameter, 7.15mm thick and 2.85g in weight. Discussion: Read (2005, 18, no. 51) illustrates a near identical button in a lead/tin-alloy dated to the 15th century. Found in close asso…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2017
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Record ID: KENT-910F08
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete slightly warped cast lead-alloy medieval button of Medieval date. Description: The button is cast in one piece and is domed with a flat back and drilled shank suspension loop. The suspension loop sits on clear casting seam. The front is decorated with 7 pellets, 6 arranged around a middle 7th. The button is patinated an off white colour. Measurements: 10.92mm in diameter, 9.86mm thick and 2.83g in weight. Discussion: Read (2005, Nos. 33 and 51) illustrates a number of lead-alloy buttons which show similar forms and decorative motifs motifs which all date to the 15t…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2017
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Record ID: KENT-BDDF18
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cast one-piece button with integral drilled shank, of Medieval date c.15th century. Decription: The button would have orignally been discoidal, but is now highly abraded aroudn cirucmference and it is unclear what the orignal circumference would have been. It is decorated on the front with a centrally punched dot/hole around which are two concentric circle have been incised (2.34mm and 3.64mm away from the hole respectively). There is serious abrasion around the button's circumference leaving it jagged and uneven.. The shank survives only as a nub ha…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
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Record ID: KENT-613618
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy cast one-piece button with integral drilled shank, of Medieval date c.15th century. Description: The button is discoidal, solid and slightly plano-convex. It is decorated on the front with a centrally punched dot/hole around which is a single concentric circle has been incised. There is minor abrasion around part of the button circumference. The shank survives intact and is roughly reactangular with a large roughly drilled suspension loop. The back of the button is undecorrated but roughly and poorly finished. The button is a dark brown colour. Mea…
Created on: Monday 25th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: KENT-648296
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy button. The button is biconvex with circular seciton and a flat panel on the back where the suspension loop is attatched. The front and convex surface of the reverse are moslty silvery from either tinning or silvering with some patches of light and dark brown from dirt and iron oxidisaiton from deposition. The flat area around the suspension loop has typical copper-alloy green/turquoise patination. It is unclear whether the loop is integral to the button or part of a two part construciton as the loop is obscured by dirt. If it is integrall…
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 16th October 2015
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