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Record ID: NMS-36C971
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th-century silver biconvex button with incised decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-35E125
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver button, three-part, composite, comprising hollow domed face with radiating repoussé ribs, flat back and separate loop. Diameter 14mm, weighing 1.22g. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emneth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-35AA17
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver composite button. Now squashed, originally bi-convex, hollow, two holes on reverse, upper and lower half soldered together, ‘D’ sectioned wire loop soldered onto reverse. Two stamped probable makers' marks on reverse, consisting of an H above another illegible letter or symbol, within a rectangle. Diameter 11mm, weighing 2.84g. Probably 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-248171
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver composite button. Bi-convex, hollow, cast front with central nipple and elaborate engraved flower. Back with two perforations flanking a separate D-sectioned loop. The two halves are soldered together. Diameter 14mm, 1.72g. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horningtoft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AB2115
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button with hollow hemispherical head decorated with a peripheral pair of parallel engraved lines joined by oblique lines, and wire loop attached by solder between two blow holes on the flat underside. The top of the head is squashed. Weight 0.73g. Diameter 11.3mm. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-E65B35
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button. Slightly crumpled, hollow, biconvex (diameter 13mm) with median seam around outside edge. Face engraved with a seeded rose with central perforation. D-sectioned wire loop between two circular perforations and very worn (illegible) rectangular maker's mark on reverse. Weight 1.23g. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 4th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D45677
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval composite silver button¸ the hollow plano-convex head made from two pieces, and the (slightly bent) wire loop attached by solder. There are two blow-holes in the rear, one of which goes through a stamped rectangular makers mark, now illegible. 17th century. Diameter 14mm. Thickness of head 7mm. Weight 1.7g.
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bracon Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1D99C3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Domed head with the arms of the Commonwealth cast in relife on the front. Hollow-backed with broken integral drilled shank. Read (2005, 47, no. 168). Diameter 24.5mm.1653 - 1659 See Robinson (1999) for objects decorated with the Commonwealth arms.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-704263
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or post-medieval silver button or cuff-link. Circular, the upper face originally slightly domed although now crushed flat, soldered to the flat back-plate in which there is at least one hole, broken across a probable second. No trace of an attachment loop survives, but this may have been soldered or inserted through the missing part. There is a faint stamped maker's mark, perhaps SN, SM, or WS, although neither letter is clear. The front face is decorated in repoussé with a beaded border around a crowned female bust with long flowing hair, beaded necklace with pendant a…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A62056
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button. Composite, with domed front soldered to almost flat reverse, with separate soldered D-sectioned strip forming loop. Undecorated. Slightly dented. Diameter 9mm. Height 12mm. Weight 0.7g. 17th century. SB
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-55F880
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button. Solid circular head, convex on the upper face, flat on the reverse with a separate soldered wire loop. No decoration survives but the upper face appears to be heavily worn. Diameter 14mm. Height 8mm. Weight 3.1g. Probably 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-1726A1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular with elaborate cast decoration with sexfoil central boss from which six lines radiate between six similar but slightly smaller bosses, casting seam across reverse with scar from missing loop, edge damaged, diameter 30mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colkirk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-BD91C7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead button. Solid domed head with central pellet and six radiating ribs. Remains of broken loop on the reverse. Diameter 12mm. Height excluding remains of loop 9mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-BD80DC
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button. Solid circular plano-convex head with central pellet, and drilled loop on the reverse. Diameter 12mm. Height 14mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A4A4EB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button. Undecorated domed front, now dented, flat back with two holes, a separate soldered loop and an illegible stamped mark. Circa 17th century. Diameter 14mm. Height of head at least 5mm. Length of loop 4.5mm. Weight 1.3g.
Created on: Monday 6th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-5AC991
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy button. Globular, openwork with six triangular apertures in the upper and lower half, with a central pellet on the upper half and an integral pierced loop on the reverse. Length 18mm. Diameter 11.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Monday 7th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-3E4889
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button. Circular, with downturned edges, broken integral pierced lug on reverse. Decorated on the front face with large and small stamped annulets forming a seven pointed star around a circle around a probably floral motif. Diameter 27mm. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-3DBD3C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval button. Circular plano-convex head with high white metal content, separate inserted copper alloy loop. Undecorated. Diameter 12mm. Length 9mm.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-AE6B96
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Composite silver button. Circular, flat back-plate with two widely spaced holes, perhaps blow holes or for the (missing) inserted wire loop. There is no other trace of a loop or shank on the reverse. The front-plate has a central dome (now squashed) surrounded by a beaded border, moulding (now concave but perhaps originally convex) and an outer beaded border around the edge. Similar to an example from Oxfordshire decorated with the bust of Charles II (BERK-4B7D02) which also has a beaded border. See also a copper alloy and iron example from a 15th century context in Read (2005, 27, no…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-177775
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button. Conical hollow head, soldered loop on the reverse. Corroded. Diameter of head 14mm. Height excluding loop 13mm. Height including loop 17mm. 1500 - 1800.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.