Record ID: NLM-A5FE36
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button fragment. Flat discoid and probably composite button, comprising two layers of sheet metal pressed together with a rim, and bearing a crude stamped device on the front. The device appears quasi-heraldic, and presents a creature sitting facing right in an oval panel, flanked by the fronds of a wreath, with a crude crown above. A loop was perhaps formerly held between the layers of metal, whence it has been torn away. The execution is almost rustic, and in strong contrast to the factory-made series of livery buttons, though this might be a crude and early imitation o…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Legbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A35906
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button. It is flat and discoidal and there are the remains of an attachment for a loop but this is now absent. The button is decorated with a central star within a circular border with protuding chevrons and a series of hearts around the outer border. It is possibly a livery button. Dates to between c1800 and c1900 AD. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 3.50g. Shares similarities with NLM-F22BA2, SUR-293816 and DEV-943792 on the database.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 12th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lytham', grid reference and parish protected.