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Description: | A complete late post-Medieval or Modern cast copper-alloy clog or shoe clasp (c. 1790 - c. 1930).The clasp has parallel sides. One end is rounded and the other end has a straight transverse edge. The rounded end has an integral re-curved 'anchor'-shaped hook.The clasp is corroded and in poor condition. It has been stamped on the inside to create small rectangular raised motifs on the outside.Length: 24.7mm; width: 11.9mm; thickness: 1.0mm. Weight: 0.95g..For a variety of illustrated types and a description on how these clasps were used, see: Read 1995: 178-179, refs: 1207-1220.Numerous examples have been published by Bailey in Detector Finds (1995: 13-17).Similar clasps have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: CORN-36C1A4; DENO-3CE236; IOW-52F5A4; IOW-FA3FF6; LANCUM-D78E18; NLM-0ED7F8; NLM-DC2425 and SUSS-40E605.
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