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CLASP
Unique ID: WMID-32CB82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete machine pressed white metal clog clasp, of Late Post Medieval to Early Modern dating (c. AD 1790 to c. AD 1920).
Approximately 50% of the clasp is present, consisting of the lower half. The clog clasp is sub rectangular in plan, with endented sides. The lower hook has broken. The front has been decorated with an incised floral design, with a central stem, two leaves to either side, and a large flower head, probably a tulip. The reverse is plain and undecorated.
The clasp measures 14.11 mm in length, 16.89 mm wide and 1.41 mm thick. It weighs 0.7 g.
The clasp is a light to mid grey / off white colour, with an even surface patina. It probably has been made from tin or other similar white metal. The white patina is suggestive that the clog clasp may have been burnt prior to burial.
Between 1790 and 1810 some wooden-soled shoes were fastened with pairs of metal clasps. The same clasps were also worn on clogs from c.1850. First in the Lake District, before spreading to Lancashire and Yorkshire, being widely used in mill towns and the countryside. Textile mill girls normally wore traditional clog-clasps and they remained in use until the 1920's.
Class: clog
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1790
Date to: Circa AD 1920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.11 mm
Width: 16.89 mm
Thickness: 1.41 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wootton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1045
Four figure Latitude: 53.002227
Four figure longitude: -1.852437
1:25K map: SK1045
1:10K map: SK14NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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