Dress fastener of bronze, from Ratho, Midlothian, Bronze Age

Dress fastener from a moss at Middlebie, 1st - 2nd century AD

Native style copper alloy button-and-loop fastener, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Gold cup-ended ornament or dress fastener with unfinished decoration, from Heights of Brae, Easter Ross, Late Bronze Age 950 - 750 BC

Gold cup-ended ornament or dress fastener, finished and polished, from Heights of Brae, Easter Ross, Late Bronze Age 950 - 750 BC

Unfinished cup-ended ornament of gold, from Heights of Brae, Ross-shire, Late Bronze Age 950 - 750 BC

Ornament or dress fastener of gold, cup-ended with a hoop of circular cross-section, possibly unfinished, Late Bronze Age, found on Skye

Dress fastener of jet, boat-shaped, from Harehope Cairn, Peeblesshire, 2200 - 1750 BC

Button or dress fastener comprising a perforated disc of slaty stone with incised linear markings on both faces, possibly from Ireland, Prehistoric