Summary

Copper alloy button, possibly a piece of furniture decoration, having a circular head with concentric circle decoration, part of the Cruickshank collection of finds from Newstead, Roxburghshire

Accession Number

X.2000.17.32

Other references

Original description

[One of] Collection of finds from Newstead. ORF: Brief description: Cruickshank collection of finds from Newstead, Roxburghshire. Description: Detailed catalogue to follow. Registered by: Trevor Cowie. Date: 1/12/00. Lisa Anderson note, 2006: Copper alloy ‘button’, possibly a piece of furniture decoration. Circular head: 23.5 mm diam. with concentric circle decoration (12.5 mm diam.). Tang projects 23.5 mm from rear face of ‘button’: rectangular in section with perforation – probably pinned or dowelled in place, rather than driven in. Cruickshank Collection, Newstead.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Cruickshank Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

2000

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None