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A late Medieval – early Post Medieval copper alloy button dating late 15th – 16th century.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2010-04-14 15:11:59
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A late Medieval – early Post Medieval copper alloy button dating late 15th – 16th century.
Description
English: A late Medieval – early Post Medieval copper alloy button dating late 15th – 16th century. This is a cast one-piece copper alloy button with integral drilled shanks. The front is domed and decorated with a cast symmetrical pattern. The pattern comprises a central pellet surrounded by a ring of pellets forming the centre of an eight petalled flower. Between each petal is a feather pattern probably representing foliage. Traces of a decorative black material, possibly enamel, remain in the crevices of the pattern. The integral shanks projects off centre from the reverse. The copper alloy has no patina due to the protective environment on the foreshore.

Read (2005:30-33) illustrates similar buttons which are from contexts dating to the 16th century but he suggests that they may have been made from the late 15th century.

Dimensions: length: 16.03mm; diameter: 15.78mm; weight: 5.62g.

Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC – AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset. P. 30-33
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: 384509
Old ref: LON-EF13B4
Filename: Odam&Young - button - Mar 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/276487
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/276487/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/384509
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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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