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Record ID: PUBLIC-9CF763
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval button in cast pewter, probably 14 centrury. It has a convex face decorated with a raised six armed star with a pellet in the centre The edge boarder at the left hand side is is formed of crosses while the right hand of the boarder is a plain raised ridge.
The rear is mainly flat. It has a centre ridge. In the middle of the ridge is the simple looped shank which has been bent flat and one arm of the loop is broken.
Dimensions: Diameter= 24.3mm, thickness Overall = 9.4mm, thickness of disc = 5.5mm, weight = 16.7g
Material = pewter (lead tin alloy)
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
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Record ID: NLM-9ADDE9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. A composite discoid button comprising a stamped front whose rear rim is overlapped by a plain back plate through which passes a drawn wire loop, now squashed against the back. The front bears a central floret with opposed paired flowers and leaves around it, and with a pelleted line above and below (or to either side); further rays and billets separate these major elements of the scheme. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.
Diameter: 20.5mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 3.3mm, Weight: 2.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
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This findspot is known as 'North Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-9AC21E
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated copper alloy button of post-Medieval date, AD 1650 - 1750. The head is hemispherical, flat on the underside and domed on the upper side. There is a central raised dot, surrounded by a design consisting of a narrow groove above six eqidistantly spaced pentagons, separated by groups of three short, horizontal grooves. The remains of an integral attachment loop are visible on the underside. The button has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 13.3mm in diameter and 6.6mm thick. It weighs 3.18gm.
Similar buttons are illustrated in Bailey, 2004, Buttons & Fasteners, 500BC - AD …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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