Record ID: SOM-472105
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy mount or stud or possibly button. The head is roughly circular with a smooth, slightly domed top. Around the edge there is a simple decorative incised line forming eight cresents, the areas between the scescents and the edge slope down. The edge is worn and rough in places. The back is concave and from the center projects the remains of a round rivet or stem with a slight casting line to one side. It is 17.0mm in diameter, 2.4mm thick excluding the spike, 4.2mm including it and weighs 2.80 grams. Read (2005:67) illustrates buttons with similar edge design…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-29E4E2
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a possibly Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy stud. It has a damaged domed circular head, with a convx top and concave back. There are six incised lines branching from the centre that divide the flower shape into equal segments/petals, with traces of gilding in the incisions. The outer edge, where it survives, is convex curved in each segment. The majority of the edge has been lost to an old break. The back of the stud has an integral circular sectioned rivet projecting from it. This rivet is circular in section at the top and 6.6mm in diameter, narrowing gradually to a f…
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muchelney', grid reference and parish protected.