Record ID: LON-C79603
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A composite gold button consisting of a flat disc with applied septfoil decoration on one face and a drawn wire loop attachment on the other. The decoration takes the form of a flower and is made up of a central knop where the seven ‘petals’, made of thin sheets of gold, join. A double row of braided wire forms the border around the circumference. Dimensions: Thickness: 3.24mm Diameter: 10.51mm Weigh: 0.66g Discussion: Discoidal flat and convex buttons made of lead/tin-alloy and copper-alloy, with various designs on their faces, are listed in Read (2008: 76-93) an…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: LON-6582C4
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman bone hair pin dating to AD 150 - 400. The hair pin is a Greep type B1.1 and Crummy type 3. The head is spherical. The pin shaft tapers to join the head and bulges outwards as it moves away and then tapers again towards a point. Dimensions: length: 76.0mm Greep (1983:350) writes "Whilst the overwhelming majority of these forms belong to the third and fourth centuries, Crummy's (1979, 161) date of c.AD 200 for the arrival of these types is challenged by a small number which may be dated to the mid and later second centuries. The date range should therefore be exte…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2017
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