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17th century open work button
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-06-10 11:53:44
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17th century open work button
Description
English: Incomplete 17th century copper alloy, open cast button with integral loop. This button is hollow with six triangular perforations in the front, arranged around a central nipple, and six in the back. The attachment loop has a rectangular shank and an oval loop, which is incomplete. The button has a light green patina with large areas of orangey copper disease with a heavily abraded surface. It is 17.88mm long with a diameter of 11.34mm and weighs 1.48g. A direct parallel can be found in Margeson, 1993,page 21, number 102.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 68022
Old ref: ESS-83C526
Filename: DSCN1004.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/27568
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/27568/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/68022
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