File:A Post Medieval lead alloy button dating to the 17th century. (FindID 286529).jpg

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A Post Medieval lead alloy button dating to the 17th century.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2010-04-22 09:23:11
Title
A Post Medieval lead alloy button dating to the 17th century.
Description
English: A Post Medieval lead alloy button dating to the 17th century. The button is bi-convex with both surfaces domed and hollow. The front half is decorated with cast radiating lines from a central pellet. The spaces between the radiating lines are decorated with alternately a row of pellets and transverse lines forming a ladder effect. On the back half there are two blow-holes and a circular-sectioned simple-looped shank. The shape of the button is slightly distorted and some sections are depressed.

Similar buttons are illustrated in Read (2005:96) with a range of patterns on the front surface. Read dates this type of button to the 16th century.

Dimensions: length: 17.45mm; diameter: 15.35mm; weight: 2.61g.

Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC – AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
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
Accession number
FindID: 286529
Old ref: LON-719EF2
Filename: Paros - button 2 - Jan 10.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/277455
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/277455/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/286529
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Object location51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 04′ 59.19″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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