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H4448-14 Slip on shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, with buckle, childrens, leather / silk / brass, maker unknown, England, c. 1840-1849. Click to enlarge.
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Slip on shoe with buckle from the Joseph Box collection

This slip on shoe comes from an important collection of footwear and shoemaking objects thought to have been initiated by the London shoemaker, Robert Dixon Box, and consolidated by his son, Joseph Box and the Box Kingham family during the second half of the 1800s. The collection ranges from remnants of leather shoes from the Middle Ages found in English archaeological sites, to intact European shoes from the 1600s onwards, 'foreign' shoes collected as 'curiosities' from around the world, shoe …

This object is part of

H4448 Collection of shoes, boots, and buckles, part of a larger group of objects related to the art of shoemaking collected by Robert Dixon Box, Joseph Box and the Box Kingham family, various materials, various makers, England, 1500-1920
Joseph Box collection of shoes and objects related to shoemaking
1500-1920

Summary

Object No.

H4448-14

Object Statement

Slip on shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, with buckle, childrens, leather / silk / brass, maker unknown, England, c. 1840-1849

Physical Description

Slip on shoe, childs, with buckle, leather / brass, maker unknown, England, c1840-1849

Childs single straight slip on shoe possibly a first walking shoe. Shoe of turnshoe or tunnel construction with square toe and one lift spring heel. Shoe consists of black leather upper with square throat and oblique side seams, no back seams, top edge is silk bound and hand sewn. An earlier brass breeches buckle is stitched onto the vamp. Sole is brown leather decorated with stamped patterns.

Marks

Stamped on heel upside down 'V' within stamped decoration

Short URL

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Dimensions

Width

26 mm

Cite this Object

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Slip on shoe with buckle from the Joseph Box collection 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 26 March 2023, <https://ma.as/239558>

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