Record ID: SOM-AF3203
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver button, originally spherical or globular but now torn and squashed. The button has a seam around the centre where the two hemispheres were joined. It has partially torn along this seam with a section missing from the outer hemisphere. There is no evidence of decoration or a central pimple ont eh outer hemisphere although due to the battered condition this is not certain. There is a circuklar hole in the cnetre of the lower hemisphere where the seprarate loop would ahve been atatched. there is a possible makers mark to one side of this hole but this is now illegile…
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-ECE8B5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver circular button. The button is plain on the front and the back has a central scar where the soldered on loop has been lost. Below the loop are the incised initials RC, presumably the owner, around the scar are the stamps of the lion pasant guardant, the soverigns Head duty mark and the makers mark, H[...]. The button is 23.6mm in diameter, 0.8mm thick, weighs 3.30g and is slightly bent. The makers mark is not fully clear and there is no clear office mark which might help narrow the possibilities. The dating is this dependant on the duty mark which was used from…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-D65305
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2017 T483: disclaimed, offered as donation to the museum Description: An incomplete silver button of post medieval date. The fragment is made of a thin sheet of silver, probably originally circular but with the surviving fragment being broadly tongue-shaped. The front of the button is decorated in low relief with a crude depiction of a crowned female bust facing forwards within a circular border. The figure has loose hair and a rosette at their breast and potentially also topping their crown. The central rosette is flanked by the detail of the collar which is depicted…
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F83855
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2011 T359: Disclaimed, Returned to Finder Description: Post medieval silver button or possibly cuff link element. The piece is circular with a plain convex domed front with a central raised pimple and a concave back. In the centre of the back is a silver loop, the outer side of which is squashed inwards. The loop is pointed oval in section and appears to have been soldered to the front. Dimensions: It is 14.5mm in diameter, 4.3mm thick including the loop and weighs 0.88 grams. Discussion: Several silver buttons with a central pimple have been reported through the T…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longbridge Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C548D2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T137: Declared Treasure and donated to museum by finder. Description: A silver button with incised decoration. The button is bi-convex with a domed front and back. On the front is a central raised pellet and around this an incised design of a six leaved flower, each leaf made of three lobes with a central stem. Near the edge of the front is an incised border formed of a pair of concentric circles with regularly spaced pairs of diagonal lines running between them. The back has two circular blow holes flanking a loop. The loop is formed of a strip of D-shaped s…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stalbridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7EBAED
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T203; disclaimed and returned to finder Description: A plain silver button with makers mark. The button is bi-convex with a domed front and back. The front is plain. The back has two circular blow holes made from the inside (leaving a ridge around the outside) flanking a loop. The loop is formed of a strip of D-shaped sectioned wire bent over on itself and the ends soldered to the back of the button. There is a visible line of solder around the joint between the front and back where they were attached. On the back, half way between the holes near the edge is stam…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.