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CLASP
Unique ID: WMID-506425
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Post Medieval copper shoe or clog clasp dating to circa AD 1700-1900. The object has been machine stamped and would have been used with a similar hasp to secure a wooden shoe to the foot.
The body of the object is broadly rectangular. The edges are curvilinear, with rounded corners. Decoration is in the form of a pelleted border round the edge of the clasp. Three rectangular slots are present in the centre of the clasp. An integral curved hook with pelta shaped terminal projects from one end.
It measures 20.3 mm in length, 14.6 mm wide and 3.7 mm thick. It weighs 1.5 g.
Bailey (1992: pg14) illustrates similar examples, which are dated to the 18th and 19th centuries. Bailey suggests this type of clasp was one of the favoured methods alongside buttons and laces used by clog-makers for securing the wooden clog. There are several similar clasps recorded on the PAS database, including YORYM-18BB9B and PUBLIC-F8DAE1.
Class: clog
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.3 mm
Width: 14.6 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd October 2020 - Friday 2nd October 2020
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wereham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6801
Four figure Latitude: 52.58085648
Four figure longitude: 0.47809074
1:25K map: TF6801
1:10K map: TF60SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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