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A post medieval, cast copper alloy button, dating from AD1550-1650.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Stuart Noon, 2012-10-02 13:49:26
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A post medieval, cast copper alloy button, dating from AD1550-1650.
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English: A post medieval, cast copper alloy button, dating from AD1550-1650. It is plano convex, solid and cast in one piece. It has a flat shaft, narrowest at the point where it meets the rest of the button, pierced with a circular hole. The button has a dark grey patina. Similar examples are illustrated in Bailey, Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 , page 29, numbers 7.31 to 7.41.

Similar to <a title="View details for SWYOR-CA0457" href="http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/518229">SWYOR-CA0457</a> and <a title="View details for SWYOR-E168A4" href="http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/518432">SWYOR-E168A4</a> on the database. The length is 19mm and width is 11mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date between 1550 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 522856
Old ref: LANCUM-AE2A87
Filename: LANCUM-AE2A87.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/398770
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/398770/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/522856
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