Record ID: LANCUM-E317D7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button probably relating to the 1st Royal Lancashire Militia or Manchester militia although it is also similar to the Furness Curassiers dating 1898 which was raised from the Silverdale area in Lancashire. The 'M' on buttons usually stands for 'militia' and the other abbreviations are the town or country. Associated with an 1800's sword hilt found in a rock pool LANCUM-C7C321. The diameter is 20mm and the weight is 5g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH SHORE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B0D5C3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy 'gentleman's' button with moulded decoration on the obverse displaying the motif of a four-petalled flower and central knop. While two of the flower's 'petals' were filled with light blue enamel, the other two were filled with dark blue enamel. Documentary evidence from c. 1652 suggests this sort of enamelled button was priced at twopence a pair -significantly more than most other ones, but hardly out of reach of most people. Cast cu-alloy 'gentleman's button' with blue and white enamelled decoration date from around the reigns of Charles I (1625-49) and Charles II (1660…
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0A9474
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large pewter button, complete, dating from the early modern period. The decoration was based on a late medieval or early post-medieval Bohemian 'Thaler' dating from c. 1526/27. It was of the Countship of Schlick, minted before 1526 in Joachimsthal. The die cutter may have been Melshior Peuerlein(?). The original coin was silver and c. 42mm in diameter, weighing 29.11g. The obverse reads (and so does the button): S-TE&FRA COM D B-AR DOMI SLI (the button reads 'SLI' which is probably an error). The obverse description is three-quarter figure of St Joachim above a shield; left and right i…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E358F7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small three-piece button made from pewter. It is a post-medieval composite three-piece button, i.e. a hollow sphere with soldered median join and separately inserted drawn wire loop (blow hole on reverse). The obverse is decorated with a very small central knop.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Samlesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E4C213
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast composite two piece gilt copper-alloy button or cloak fastener with separate soldered drawn iron wire shank which is missing today. The obverse is decorated with a floral motif of punched dots/circlets.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ribble Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BD9483
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper or copper-alloy button. It is decorated with a clockwise moulded multi-bladed impeller, with hatched grooves in between the mouldings. The iron shank on the reverse is heavily corroded/broken off.
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F22F63
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy post medieval button circular in shape, although the back loop is missing. The front is decorated with a crown and two hearts underneath it, although some of the design has broken of.
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolton Le Sands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E2DED4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy button with circular raised area on reverse. Obverse has a rough greenish patina with raised blackish areas around the edge.
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D9CEB2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron hexagonal button with convex front and concave back, front probably tinned. The obverse surface is made up of 7 facets (one central facet and six trapezoidal facets in the around it). Apart from the tinning, the obverse bore a moulded decoration, possibly scrolls.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-EE1C98
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century lead button with moulded relief decoration composed of dots and grooves making up a flower pattern. The button is complete with (bent) loop on the back.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-2D67D8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century lead/pewter (lead/tin alloy) button with integral shank, damaged. The loop on the back is damaged/missing; only a small stud remains. The obverse is decorated with a moulded flower (sexfoil).
Created on: Friday 17th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-EF2044
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Small post med cast copper-alloy button. Its shank is bent and it was most probably undecorated apart from (?)a white-metal coating (surface very worn).
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-959B14
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dixoidal solid undecorated circular section short stem white metal button with simple looped shank. The button has been crushed post deposition and would probably have originally been convex 17th century 1625-1649 AD. The diameter is 17mm.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PENDLETON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BA9AB3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Post Medieval gilded copper alloy three piece regimental style button. The outer face consists of the initials BT surmounted by a crown. The inner consists of script pertaining to the manufacturer written between two concentric borders and a central attachment loop. It dates from between c1800 and c1901 AD. The diameter is 24mm and the weight is 5.24g.
Created on: Monday 25th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AA0B84
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pewter and iron Post-Medieval tombac button. It has a convex outer face with a pimple in the centre and a flat reverse with the remains of an iron shank. Bailey (2004, 32-33) suggests a 17th century date for these. Diameter: 11mm, thickness: 7mm, weight: 2.86g
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-28FCFD
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy tinned or silvered livery button emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Assherton family depicting a Mower In The Act Of Mowing with Sleeves And Hose. The button broadly dates from AD 1750 to 1900. The family name comes from the village of Ashton in Cheshire. After the dissolution of Whalley Abbey it was sold to Richard Assherton and Downham Hall rebuilt in 1775 became the seat of the Asshertons. The diameter is 28mm and the weight 7.56g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-6D2D98
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval white metal possibly silver plated over copper alloy button probably 18th to 20th century. The button is oval in plan and engraved with foliate decoration. The reverse of the item is undecorated with traces of a loop at the centre for attachment. The diameter is 16mm and the weight 2.43g. Many buttons of this type and with similar designs have been recorded on this database. Due to the strong likelihood of this button dating to the 18th or 19th century, it does not qualify as Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Monday 14th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-4E815E
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A biconvex button with a central boss probably dating 16th to 18th century AD. Similar to fig 102. P.31 in Read. B. 2005. Metal Buttons 900BC - AD1700.Portcullis (Somerset) and Fig 9. 150. P.58 in Bailey. G. Buttons and Fasteners. Greenlight (Essex). The diameter is 14 mm and the weight 1.76g.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-BFEEF6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post-medieval button probably dating to the 18th century AD. The button is relatively small with a central floral design, central boss and beaded border. Shares similarities with figures 9, in Bailey. G. Buttons & Fasteners. 500BC-AD1840. Greenlight, Essex. ISBN 1 897738 218. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 3.91g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CLITHEROE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-677F20
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a post medieval lead alloy button, or component of a button. It may also have been a hem weight. It has two more or less central perforations. Its is decorated with at least one incised diamond shape, which suggests that the button may originally been something else, probably a token of sorts. It is quite large and may have been intended for use on a heavy fabric like canvas or felt. Probably dates to between c1500 and c1700 AD. The diameter is 29 to 33mm, thickness approximately 2.5mm. The perforations measure 4 x 4mm and 5 x 3mm. For similar records on the database se…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warton', grid reference and parish protected.