Record ID: LVPL-7BD660
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy tombac pimple button probably dating to the 17th century. The object is circular in plan and biconical. The upper surface is decorated with a raised central pimple. The surface of the object has been damaged. The attachment loop has broken away from the lower surface. The outer surface of the object has been silvered or tinned. The object has a mid-grey patina.
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CF52A7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper alloy button. It is discoidal and flat with a slightly stepped rim on the upper surface. It is decorated with engraved six-petalled flowers with pointed stamens. The shank is missing is integral and pierced with a small circular hole. The button is very similar to no's.120-122 in Read (2005, pp.34-5), which are dated c.17th-18th century. Diameter: 16.06mm, Thickness: 8.48mm, Weight: 2.82g
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-F5FC81
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copepr alloy button, 14mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 2.79grams. The object is circular with a slightly domed surface and has a sub-rectangular shaft which includes a circular fixing hole, protruding from its underside. The button is decorated with a series of domed circles arranged in rows, covering its whole surface. This type of button dates to the Tudor period and has many variants. This example matches fig 715, Page 25 in Bailey, G Buttons and fasteners.
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-C6E110
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy button dating to the Post-Medieval period, (1500-1800). The object is circular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. It has a small circular attachment loop. The object is undecorated and shows sings of corrosion. It has a mid-green patina.
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2010
Last updated: Friday 6th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-233F46
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button with integral fastening loop on back of late Medieval or early Post-Medieval date. The button has a diameter of 16.70mm and a weight of 5.6g. The surface of the button is decorated with a flower-like shape in the center made out of a formation of 8 small dots surrounding a large center dot. The loop on the back is solid and intact, but bent gently to the side. There also appears to be a line of raised metal on the base of the button that runs the length of the button and passes underneath the loop. The button is in good condition. The face of the but…
Created on: Friday 11th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-23D787
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval button. Domed front with boss in centre; eight spiralling ridges radiating from the boss. Back is slightly convex. Loop missing from back. This type of button dates to the early Post Medieval period (16th / early 17th Century). For a similar button see Portable Antiquities Scheme database record WAW-20DE27; a lead/lead alloy button from Inkberrow, Worcestershire. Diameter: 13mm Height: 8mm Weight: 4.99g The button is high tin bronze, see analysis results. The precious metal content of the find is below 10% and ther…
Created on: Friday 11th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby with Moorby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-23DFD4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt button with elaborate decoration, sub-spherical in shape. The body is made up of interwoven wire/ mesh and there is an integral loop in the centre of the lower half, used to attach to clothing. Around the circumference are five circular shapes, attached to the body, that have been made by coiling wire around a central wire and in the centre is tubular shaped thin wire coiling. Each of the wire circle designs is separated by twisted wire decoration, and at the base, between each design is a loop. The mid upper section is formed in a similar manner, with five smaller circles…
Created on: Friday 11th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Storrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-5F25F2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy Post-Medieval button dating from the 17th century. Weighs 20.0g, with a 24.80mm diameter and 6.48mm thickness. Cast, loop not integral. Surface is smooth and in good condition with no visible corrosion, although the back is very rough (as was cast) and shows only the remains of the loop in the form of a small sub-circular post. The edges of the button are also very rough and missing parts of the edge.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-62CE11
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy pimple button of 16th to 17th century date. The button has a relatively flat back, convex front with central pimple, and integral loop on the reverse. The button has a diameter of 11.58mm and is 5.37mm thick. The loop is oval in shape, 6.92mm long and 5.18mm wide. The wire of the loop has a diameter of 1.26mm. The button weighs 2.96g. For similar examples see Bailey, G. 2004, (chapters 7 & 8, pages 22 - 39).
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ickleton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-62E385
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three copper-alloy tombac buttons of 18th century date. All three buttons are made of an alloy containing high enough levels of zinc to create a silvery appearance. The buttons have flat upper surfaces and are completely undecorated. All of the buttons have a small central convex mount on the reverse where the loop was soldered into place. Decorated examples can be seen in Bailey, G. 2004, (chapter 9, pages 40 - 59) Button 52a has a diameter of 31.26mm, is 1.33mm thick and weighs 8.65g. The convex mound on the reverse has a diameter of 9.65mm, is 2.91mm thick and most of the loop is…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ickleton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-62F7B6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy button of 18th century date. The button has a diameter of 22.99mm, is 2.00mm thick and weighs 3.43g. The upper surface is highly decorated with a punched scrolling foliate design. The button might have originally been slightly domed and hollow as the upper surface of the button curves over and overlaps the lower, plain, surface of the button by a maximum of 2.22mm. Other evidence that would suggest that the button may have been squashed is that the loop has been folded over and now lies flat along the reverse side of the button. As the loop currently lies it is oval in …
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ickleton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-8A6603
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy button of 18th century date. The button has a diameter of 23.04mm, is 4.33mm thick and weighs 4.14g. The upper surface is highly decorated with a scrolling foliate design of four flowers each with three leaves attached, and a textured 'woven' background. The surface of the button was originally gilt and small patches still survive. The button might have originally been slightly domed and hollow as the upper surface of the button curves over and overlaps the lower, plain, surface of the button by a maximum of 1.60mm. Other evidence that would suggest that the button may …
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2010
Last updated: Sunday 18th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurlby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-8AC216
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast circular lead alloy post medieval button with a white metal surface coating. The decoration comprises strips of scrolls and tendrils around a central lozenge-shaped frame.
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-8DC626
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid cast, Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval (1500 to 1700 AD) domed lead alloy button. The head of the button is plano-convex in shape, with a flat base and domed top. The front of the button is decorated with an embossed (slightly raised) long cross design with a central pellet in each quarter. The ends of the cross split into two separate ends at the base of the head. The back of the head is plain. Two stumps remain of the shank or stem of the button. They would have originally projected away from the head of the button and joined together to form a loop…
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-A36024
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead allloy Button, 17th or early 18th century in date. The button is disk shaped and flat with a rounded integral shank attached at a right-angle to the reverse. The upper face of the button is decorated with an engraved six-petalled flower with pointed stamens within a curvilinear border. The border is comprised of two concentric rings with verticle lines between them forming sub-square cells. While the majority of the button has a dark greenish-brown patina there are also white flecks suggesting that this may be a copper-lead alloy.
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-F61B00
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval lead-alloy button. The head of the button is of plano-convex form, its upper surface decorated by a number of moulded ridges which radiate outwards from the centre, creating a star pattern. Every other space between the distal ends of the star's arms contains a moulded pellet. A casting flash extends across the flat reverse, a squashed, integrally cast loop projecting from its centre.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wendover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-0786B3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborately cast Post Medieval lead alloy circular button circa 17th century. The button has a domed front cast in the form of a sexfoil, overlaid by an eight petalled flower at the centre. The back is flat with an off centre hole remaining where the loop has detached from. The surface appears to have been silvered but is now largely covered with a pale cream lead oxidation.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-3292B5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast high-tin copper-alloy front of a composite hollow button. The front is hemispherical with a central pellet at the top surrounded by an incised design of a star or sun with a cenral circle with eight rays or points projecting from it and multiple parallel lines of hatching between each ray. It is 10.7mm in diameter; 5.7mm tall and weighs 0.86 grams. An identical example is illustrated in Read (2005:73, no.294) from south Somerset which he dates to the 17th to 18th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 25th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Horsted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3799C2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well-preserved silver-plated military button of the Montgomery Militia. The maker's name NUTTING was current c1800-40.
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 25th June 2010
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Record ID: SUSS-865322
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy front of a composite hollow button. The front is hemispherical with a central pellet at the top surrounded by an incised design of a star or sun with a cenral circle with eight rays or points projecting from it and multiple parallel lines of hatching between each ray. It is 13.7mm in diameter; 6.1mm tall and weighs 2.17 grams. An identical example is illustrated in Read (2005:73, no.294) from south Somerset which he dates to the 17th to 18th century AD.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.