Record ID: PUBLIC-10EBA8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval to post medieval cast copper-alloy spherical button dating to c.1450-1600. The button has a sub-spherical solid plain body with an oval integral attachment loop and circular piercing. The surface displays a corroded green / brown patina. Height 18.3mm, diameter 12.5mm and weight 6.1g. G Bailey (2004) 'Buttons & Fasteners' p.29, fig. 7.38.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-37CC32
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver three-piece decorated composite button of post Medieval date. The front is now separated from the rear and has been crushed. It has die-stamped and engraved decoration comprising a six petalled flower, with incised petals radiating from a central octofoil boss which is cast in relief. The back plate has been folded in two and has a wire loop shank fixed through a hole in the centre, which is flanked by a pair of blow holes. Circa 16th-17th century. Similar items have previously been reported under the 1996 Treasure Act, such as NMS-4FDBDA (2021T130), SUR-EAB87D (2021T221) and…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-9FC7DE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early post-medieval silver button made in three parts, comprising a hollow dome with a central nipple, a back plate and a D-sectioned wire loop on the reverse. A similar example can be seen in Baart et al. (1997, p. 189, no. 283).
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-9F844F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete 17th Century, cast, silver button. The button is circular in plan with a down turned edge. It is decorated with a single heart bisected by two crossing arrows with distinct feathered flights. Above the heart are flames. To the reverse of the button is a complete circular loop.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-9F5581
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete 17th Century, cast, silver button. The button is circular in plan with a down turned edge. It is decorated with a single heart bisected by two crossing arrows with distinct feathered flights. Above the heart are flames. To the reverse of the button is a complete circular loop.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-9F2FDB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete 17th Century, cast, silver button. The button is circular in plan with a down turned edge. It is decorated with two conjoined hearts with a crown above.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-9EF52C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete 17th Century, cast, silver button. The button is circular in plan with a down turned edge. It is decorated with a single heart bisected by two crossing arrows with distinct feathered flights. Above the heart are flames. To the reverse of the button is a complete circular loop.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-231A77
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A fragment from a Post-Medieval composite silver button dating to c. AD 1600-1800. The fragment consists of the upper dome of the object and so missing the lower plate and attached shank. The dome is warped out of shape but still broadly domed in cross section with a convex front and concave reverse but is now almost square in plan. The upper surface has incised decoration consisting of  four concentric circles made of incised dashed, almost circular dots. The outer surface is also pierced by two circular holes placed close to one another. The button is still a…
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boarstall CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E87BCE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold filigree button of Post Medieval to Modern date, AD 1500 - 1900. The button is damaged and distorted, but would have been biconvex with a scalloped edge comprising of seven lobes. The two faces of the button are both made of filigree and are soldered together at the edges, leaving the centre hollow. There is also a small circular attachment loop in the centre of the reverse. The button is 10.6mm long, 9.6mm wide and 5.3mm thick. 1.1g. The front is decorated with a central circle of filigree from which extend the seven drop-shaped petals of the flower-shaped button. Ea…
Created on: Monday 26th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A03A04
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small hemispherical or plano-convex gold button, now incomplete. The circular front is domed and has a few shallow dents, showing that the button is hollow. The back was flat, but is now slightly concave; a soldered seam is visible in a few places around the edge. Two stubs of a loop survive in the centre of the back, with a crack around them suggesting that the broken loop has been pushed a little way into the hollow interior. Dimensions: Diameter 11.8mm, thickness of button without loop c. 5.0mm, height with remains of loop 5.4mm. Weight 1.60g. Discussion: This is…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
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Record ID: SUR-EBEA56
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A domed silver cover or facing from a composite button of post Medieval date. The front has incised decoration comprising an eight pointed star design with pointed rays, radiating from a small central circular boss with apical pellet. Between each pair of rays is a panel of transverse incised lines. The back plate and loop shank have been lost. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-EAB87D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A domed silver cover from a composite button of post Medieval date. The front has incised decoration comprising an hexafoil design with pointed leaves and incised veins, radiating from a small central circular boss, which is hollow on the reverse. Around the flower are small panels of transverse lines and a double line border. The rim of the button is divided into three triangular panels of geometric decoration with panels of transverse lines between giving the effect of a double flower across the button face. The back plate and loop shank have been lost. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: SUR-E8F0FA
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A domed silver gilt cover from a composite button of post Medieval date. The front has incised decoration comprising an octafoil design with pointed leaves and notched edges, radiating from a central pellet. Around the edge of the button face is a border with a double line inner band and a band of zig-zag decoration. The button has been crushed, with one side folded in. The back plate and loop shank have been lost. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2023
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Record ID: DYFED-3F54DB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Copper Alloy Button (possibly repurposed into a pendant?). The button is circular in shape and has a convex obverse. The obverse decoration appears to resemble a sun? The decoration includes a small circle in the centre and 5 wavy 'rays', which radiate from the centre to the perimeter, there also appears to be more 'rays' between these, but no not seem attached. There is a circular perforation at 12 o 'clock, possibly indicating that this button was repurposed as a pendant. The surface of the button is uneven and has a green and brown patina. The reverse is concave and is undecorated.…
Created on: Friday 29th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dyffryn Arth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-56E293
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete convex (domed) three-piece sheet silver button of post-Medieval date. The button is hollow with two blow-holes on the lower plate and separate soldered loop. The upper half of the button is decorated with an incised geometric patten comprising an octofoil or star design, with a raised central knop in the centre. The reverse plate is plain with a soldered loop shank; this has been crushed into the body of the button. Diameter: 21.1mm; Weight: 0.82g.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2020
Last updated: Saturday 30th January 2021
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Record ID: DYFED-453C63
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Complete Copper Alloy Button. Thought to be Post Medieval or possibly Late Medieval. The button has a circular head with a domed top and is decorated with three pellets in each quadrant. The back of the head is flat and from it projects an integral, elongated stem. The stem is flat with a small circular hole drilled through it about half way down its length. The object has an overall white patina, with some brown. The button weighs 12.6g and the head has a diameter of 17.72mm. The stem has a length 10.25mm.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenvoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-B369EF
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A hollow post Medieval silver button made from sheet metal, in the form of an acorn. One half of the cup is textured or stippled with punch marks, the other side is smooth, with two small pierced blow holes. This asymmetry may suggest an intended orientation to the object when worn. There is a small knop at the apex of the acorn and a scar for a missing attachment loop on the base. The button is slightly flattened and has a dent in one side.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2021
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Record ID: DYFED-A1FB73
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Object is a copper alloy, silver plated button. The button is square in shape with rounded corners. The obverse features a small standing lion (facing west) in the centre, within a circular border, which is itself within a square shaped border. There is a legend which runs around the circumference of the button, it is difficult to make out but may read ‘cla[r?]m nan 3 ael? Cheila?’. The reverse is undecorated but has a lug in the centre, which has an extant loop still attached. The reverse has a green and reddish patina. Its exact date is unknown but it is thought that it may be p…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lamphey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-51E766
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Button of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is the upper hemisphere of a biconvex composite button. The retained portion is steeply domed copper alloy concretions on the underside, suggesting a thickly plated upper surface. The upper surface is decorated with an incised motif consisting of a central double line triangle with repeating transverse lines in each corner. There is a double line hexagonal outer border with repeating transvers lines in the opposing corners to the central triangle. Diameter: 17.44mm, Thickness: 1.81mm, Weight: 2.3g R…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-46CB36
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver cast hollow plano-convex circular button. The front would have been domed and perhaps decorated, but most of it is missing. The back is flat and has two circular blow holes, one either side of the incomplete attachment loop. Dimensions: 4.9mm high; 13mm in diameter Discussion and Date: Broadly similar examples abound on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (e.g. 2012 T950, NMS-313FF1) and are dated to the 17th century. In London, such buttons seem not have been produced after this time (Egan 2005, 50).
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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