Record ID: SUR-B9CD47
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small gold button with a convex facing, 7mm in diameter, which appears to be die-stamped or pressed and has a cable style border around a domed boss decorated scored with a faint hand-incised cross hatching, probably keying to hold (now lost) applied enamel. The reverse is concave and has a round loop shank soldered to it. Circa 18th or 19th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-BB8071
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2022 T1059 Description A complete but slightly flattened gold button or dress fastener dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1600). The button consists of a small disc decorated with a separately attached twisted filigree wire around the outer border. In the centre is a raised incomplete attachment. The disc is slightly bent into itself. In the centre of the reverse is a separately attached circular loop that has become flattened against the head of the button. Dimensions: Diameter 5.35mm; thickness 0.46mm; weight 0.08g Discussion Discoidal flat and conve…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: KENT-1DAE46
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold button of post-medieval date (1500-1700). Description: The object represents an acorn, the main body of which is oval in plan and constructed from a single piece of gold. This has a horizontal curving fold across the centre which separates decorated and undecorated halves. The undecorated half, which represents the acorn itself, has a thickness of 0.5mm while the decorated half, which represents the shell, has a thickness of 1mm. The acorn has a small granule soldered to its tip and the shell is decorated with irregularly punched dots, providing a stippled effect.…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otford', 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: SUSS-72C719
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Portsmouth
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, post-medieval gold button, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The button is highly decorated with concentric circles of raised pellets and filigree rings. The attachment loop is missing, and has been broken off along with part of the gold plate on the underside of the button. Measurements: diameter 10.58mm, thickness 1.70mm and weight 0.83g Discussion: gold buttons with similar decoration, though not exactly the same have been recorded on the database. LON-7C6E7B and SUSS-179AC2. These have been dated c. AD 1500-1700.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portsmouth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D2AB11
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gold and enamel mount of post-medieval or modern date. The mount is in the form of a six-sided star, similar to a Star of David. In between the points are three small pierced circular knops, presumably eyes for mounting or securing the object onto clothing. In the centre of the star is a recessed circular hollow that is slightly concave. This would have been the location for an insert which is now missing. No evidence of cement used to hold the insert in place is visible. There is a piece of gold wire that would have been placed over the centre of the…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Milton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-179AC2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, gold, Post medieval,Button, dating AD.1500-1650. The object comprises, a hollow biconvex disc. On one side is a large central boss that is surrounded by gold wire loops and has seven small gold balls soldered to the boss at evenly spaced intervals. The boss is slightly dented. On the back of the object there are two small holes, one has a U shaped ridge around it, the other is more jagged. Both are on opposite side to the other. A similar example to this, though in tin/lead, can be found in Read,2005 no.352, pg.8. The object is stylistically similar to examples of …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lewes Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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: WILT-003891
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval small gold button. The button consists of a sexfoil plate with a central annulet and six raised and twisted wire petals forming shallow compartments. The pack part is flat with a small gold loop on the centre, now missing. The button is bent on one side and pierced in the centre. Dimensions: The button measures 5.73mm in length, 6.49mm in width, 0.40mm in thick and weights 0.7g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thames Foreshore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-FDCDDC
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast gold hexagonal button with a separately attached loop. The button is decorated with a six-armed cross with forked terminals. The field is covered in small punched marks.
Created on: Sunday 28th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Record ID: LON-EDBDB1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval gold button dating to the 16th century. This button is decoratively made to resemble a Tudor rose. The rose is constructed from five different elements forming four concentric roses that decrease in size that are stacked on top of each other with a central rounded knop. Each of the roses has five heart-shaped petals and the largest, outer rose has five pointed calyxs, one in between each of the petals. On the edges of all the petals and the calyxs there is a piece of filigree resembling twisted rope forming a border. There is no other decoration except on the calyxs wh…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: LON-4BA908
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold button dating to the 17th century. The button is discoidal with a convex front and a separate shank soldered into place. The shape of the button is damaged probably due to post depositional damage. The front surface of the button is decorated with an elaborate cross with a central pellet and lozenge-shaped terminals. In between the arms of the cross is a trefoil motif with scrolling tendrils extending to each side. This decoration is against a background of stamped annulets and is all set within a linear border. A button of similar construction with a similar p…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-FFF5C0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A nearly complete gold object, perhaps a decorative button from a hat or dress, dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval period. It is formed in the shape of a delicate flower with recessed cells representing different segments of the flower. It has six large petals and a large circular centre with a centre-point and a small piece of coiled gold filigree (perhaps cannetille) around its circumference. In between each petal would have been a small sub-triangular piece of gold foil, probably representing foliage; only four of these remain, while the others have broken off. In t…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thakeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6348D1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2012 T170 Post Medieval to Modern gold button Description: Cast gold circular domed button with flower design. There is a central circular boss with stippled effect, surrounded by 14 elongated petals which are recessed and contain traces of an inlay, which appears to be red in colour. The reverse of the button is slightly hollowed and has a central circular suspension loop. It is 15.10mm in diameter and weighs 2.73 grams. Discussion: It is similar in design to a copper alloy button, recorded on the PAS database as LANCUM-C7E331 which is dated to the 17th Century. …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-D4F083
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold button dating to the late 15th - very early 16th century. Hazel Forsyth: There are others of a similar type in the Chalcis Treasure. Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London Curator's report: Gold artefact, originally a thin cylinder of gold now squashed flat, with two bands of filigree decoration, filigree openwork terminal with traces of enamel. This highly-decorated artefact is difficult to identify and date. It has been suggested that this is the lower part of an earring, but it could also have been pa…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-80E5D4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval - possibly Modern gold button (late 16th - early 19th century). Small gold button in the shape of a flowerhead, perhaps a daisy, with solid centre and petals forming shallow compartments filled with a composition, perhaps glass inlay, some of which is now missing. Single loop attachment in gold at the centre of the back. Approximately 0.7 cm diameter. This naturalistic flowerhead button is difficult to place. The fine tooling on front suggests age and the working at the back, together with uneven outline, suggests that it has been hand cut not stamped. The …
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Southwark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-57A303
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval gold button? 13mm in diameter and 0.25mm thick. The object is circular with a raised 'twisted rope' border 1.5mm wide. The cente is completly plain and the reverse has a central loop 4mm in diameter. The object looks like a button but gold is an unlikely material? another possibility is that it is part of a pair of cufflinks and perhaps something was mounted into it?
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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