button
- Museum number
- 2002,0711.1
- Description
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Silver sleeve-button. Two circular discs with central shank, the upper smaller disc punched with two hearts conjoined, surmounted by a crown.
- Production date
- 17thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 15 millimetres
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Height: 8.40 millimetres
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Weight: 2.20 grammes
- Curator's comments
- The crowned hearts are a device associated with the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662.
A similar button was found in Virginia, USA in the 1960s and published in I Noel Hulme, Artefacts From Colonial America, New York 1969, Fig.22. (see object file for reference)
Similar button associated with Charles I and Henrietta Maria (?) in Treasure Hunting, May 1997 p.38
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2002
- Acquisition notes
- Metal detector find, 18 February 2001
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2002,0711.1
- Additional IDs
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Treasure/PAS number: T364 (Treasure number)
