Record ID: WMID-5B2602
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy button. Late medieval/early post-medieval, c.15th/16th cenury. Mass: 6.7g; length: 15.6mm; diameter: 17.6mm. Circular in plan with a slightly concave front and a convex reverse with a bevelled edge and an integral shank. The front is decorated with a circle of squares within concentric circles at the outer edge, within which is an incised cross with dots in the angles and a sub-circular incised design at the centre. The limbs of the cross terminate with notches on the circumference of the button.
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire finds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-AEAE25
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure report from Dr Dora Thornton: Crushed silver filigree object, probably a biconvex button, constructed in two hemispheres soldered together of openwork filigree loops of twisted and plain silver wires. Central knop on one upper side, remains of an attachment loop at the other.
Created on: Monday 13th July 2009
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rowington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-891D65
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy button. Post-medieval, c.17th century. Mass: 16.8g; diameter: 10.5mm; thickness: 9.3mm (incl. ?shank). Domed front; flat reverse with a casting seam and the stub of the ?shank. Front is decorated with two coronets, a ship and an anchor around a large central pellet and four smaller pellets.
Created on: Sunday 24th May 2009
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton Bassett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-662530
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Biconvex hollow button, undecorated, made of two hemispheres of silver sheet soldered together, a circular section looped shank, all of silver. Two blow holes in the back. Difficult to date. Similar examples though much smaller are found on the Thames foreshore and roughly dated to the 17th Century. Compare Brian Read, Metal Button, 2005, no. 367, though this is larger, there dated from a 17th Century context. 17th Century.
Created on: Friday 3rd April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Astley and Dunley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7DD281
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy button. Post-medieval. Mass: 2.6g, diameter: 15.4mm, depth: 9.6mm. The button is circular in plan, with a flat head with a shank in the centre of the reverse. There is a recessed circular border near to the edge of the front of the button, within which there is a punched flower-head design, formed from chevrons and circular stippled petals, with a ring and dot at the centre. The reverse of the button is undecorated. The button has a well developed green patina in parts, but theer is a pitted light green patch on the front, and brown adhesions on the front and re…
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meriden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-328935
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy button. Medieval or post-medieval. Mass: 1.9g; diameter: 17.2mm; depth: 10.2mm. Circular in plan, with a concave front and a convex reverse with a shank in the centre. The front of the button is decorated. There is a recessed circular border within the outer edge and a square of engraved zig-zags over straight grooves stretching to the edges, with further zig-zag and grooved lines radiating out from the recessed centre. The reverse of the button is undecorated. The button has a well developed green patina, with a dull light green substance visible in patches, in w…
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croxden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1E9FA7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy button with separate embedded drawn shank, dating from the medieval or post-medieval periods. Diameter of head: 8.9mm; length: 9.7mm; mass: 2.1g. The button has a bi-convex head, which is circular in plan. There is a looped drawn wire shank embedded in the back of the head, with a circular cross section. This does not react to a magnet, and appears to be copper alloy. The head has a silver/grey/green appearance, suggesting that it has been tinned or has a high tin content. There are light brown deposits on the reverse, around the base of the shank and the …
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1E8FF2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead button, probably dating from the post-medieval period. Diameter of head: 15.0mm; length of shank: 12.3mm; mass: 6.8g. The button has a plano-convex head, which is circular in plan. There is looped shank on the back of the head, now bent over. There are casting lines to either side of the shank. The button has a dull brown surface in the more recessed areas, particularly on the reverse, but is otherwise off-white in colour, and slightly pitted and abraded. The button is similar to number 1704 in “Colchester Archaeological Report 5: The post-Roman small find…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1E6174
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy button, dating from the late medieval or early post-medieval period (diameter of head: 24.2mm; width of shank: 11.1mm; thickness of shank: 3.6mm; mass: 6.5g). The button has a slightly plano-convex head, which is sub-circular in plan due to loss of material around the edge. The front of the head is decorated with two recessed concentric circles, with a circular recess at the centre. One of the concentric circles is near to the edge of the head. The other circle is about half-way between the edge of the head and its centre. There is an incomplete shan…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F68220
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete cast copper alloy button, probably dating from the post –medieval period. The button has a biconvex head with an integral loop. In plan, the head is sub-circular. The head has a diameter of 11.6mm and the button is 15.5mm long. It has a mass of 4.3g. There has been some loss of surface on parts of the circumference of the head, but the button is generally in good condition with a well developed green patina. The substance visible within the loop and the back of the head is wax. A similar button is included as object 180 in “Material culture in London in an…
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F5E2F1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete post-medieval cast copper alloy button or cloak fastener. Diameter: 25.9mm; depth: 10.5mm; mass: 8.5mm. The button or cloak fastener is sub-circular in plan, with a convex front and a concave reverse. There is a shank on the reverse with a rounded perforated (?drilled) incomplete end. The front is decorated with a moulded-in relief design of a lion running right with a raised tail, within a circular border. Although reverse, the design is very similar to item 167 in: “Metal Buttons c.900 BC-c.AD1700 (Read, 2005, p.47). The button or cloak fastener has a brow…
Created on: Sunday 10th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-ABBE12
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval button. The button is circular in section, with a slightly concave front and a flat base with the remains of a shank in the centre. There is a recessed circular border within the outer edge of the front of the button. Within this, six inverted recessed “V” designs run around the front of the button , between which and closer to the centre are six circular stippled recesses. At the centre of the button is a recessed dot within a recessed ring. The reverse of the button appears undecorated. The button is 16.4mm in diameter and 4.9mm th…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-7E7557
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead (?alloy) button or mount, dating from the medieval or post medieval period. The object is circular in plan, but has lost some material from portions of the circumference. It has a slightly convex front and a slightly convex reverse. There is a design on the front consisting of a cross within a circle in the centre, beyond which straight lines radiate out to the border around the circumference of the object. The decoration is moulded in relief. In the centre of the reverse there is the stub of an integral rivet or stem. There is also a casting line running from …
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-8B7C24
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pimple button. The button is circular in plan and the front is domed in profile, with a small “pimple” at the apex of the dome. The reverse of the button has some raised casting residue evident, but is otherwise flat. On the reverse of the button, off centre, there are two broken copper alloy shanks which would have formed the suspension loop of the button. The button has a diameter of 11.0mm and measures 6.1mm from pimple to base. It weighs 2.23g. The button has a smooth green patina, with a lustre which is particularly evident on the reverse. …
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.