Button
Description
A dome cast metal (most likely pewter) button. Most cast buttons from the mid 17th/early 18th century are pewter, but by the mid-18th century large numbers of cast brass and copper (i.e. copper alloy) buttons were produced. Molten metal was poured into a button mould and allowed to harden. The button would have characteristic mould seams most likely on the back of the button and possibly the eye. Some buttons had cast eyes (with mould marks) and others were cast with an iron or brass wire shank placed into the mould.
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Object Detail
Catalogue Number
INV.392
Classification
Collection
Measurement Display
Height: 23mm
Width: 23mm
Depth: 12mm (1/2")
Width: 23mm
Depth: 12mm (1/2")
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