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A Medieval – Post Medieval lead alloy button (late 15th – 16th century).
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2009-04-09 13:19:51
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A Medieval – Post Medieval lead alloy button (late 15th – 16th century).
Description
English: A Medieval – Post Medieval lead alloy button (late 15th – 16th century). The button has a lozenge-shaped, solid head with a pyramid-shaped cross-section. The upper surface of the head is decorated with four engraved lozenges with central pellets arranged with the points extending into the points of the head. On the reverse is the shank which is semi-circular with the perforation for attachment.

A similar shaped button with slightly different decoration is illustrated in Read (2005:30 no.96) and dated from the late 15th century – the 16th century.

Dimensions: length: 10.68mm; width: 10.38mm; thickness: 10.95mm; weight: 2.73g.

Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC – AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1450 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 245085
Old ref: LON-DCE8A7
Filename: Olivant - button - Oct 08.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
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/207182/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/245085
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Object location51° 30′ 02.16″ N, 0° 06′ 04.22″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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