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Description: | A complete stamped sheet copper alloy clog or shoe clasp of Late Post-Medieval or Modern date (c. AD 1790 - c. AD 1930). Length 28.2mm, width 12.0mm and 0.8mm thick. Weight 1.15g.The main part of the clasp is sub-rectangular in plan and has parallel sides. At one end there is an integral "anchor"-shaped hook and at the opposite end there is a small central projection forming a small hook. The face is ornamented in relief by stamping from the reverse and the design consists of three transverse frond motifs. Each motif is of symmetrical design and is in the form of a central stem which has three pairs of opposed leaves.The surfaces are covered with powdery light green corrosion products. A patina has not survived.This clasp is particularly small and thin and was perhaps for a childs shoe or clog.For a variety of illustrated types and a description on how these clasps were used, see: Read 1995, 178-9, refs. 1207-1220.
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