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H4448-15 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / brass / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1839. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of slip on shoes by Gundry & Sons

This pair of slip on shoes was made, possibly as fancy dress for the Eglinton Tournament, 1839, a medieval joust and revel held in Scotland by Archibald William Montgomerie, thirteenth Earl of Eglinton (1812-1861) in honour of Queen Victoria's coronation. The shoes come 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 …

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

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Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1839
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Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1839

Summary

Object No.

H4448-15

Object Statement

Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / brass / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1839

Physical Description

Slip on shoes, pair, womens, silk brocade / leather / brass, made by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c1839

Pair of womens slip on shoes of turnshoe construction with pointed toes and stacked heels with 3 lifts. Shoes consist of ivory and gold silk brocade uppers in a diamond pattern with square throat, oblique side seams, back seam and bound top edge, lined with linen and kid. Uppers are decorated with a silk bow at the throat and leather heels are edged with brass nails. The shoes are an imitation medieval style, possibly for fancy dress.

Marks

Manufacturer's label on right sock, pasted oval paper label, '[Royal Arms / Gundry & Sons / Boot & Shoe Makers / TO THE QUEEN / The Queen Dowager / their Royal Highnesses the / Duchess of Kent / & Princess Sophia / 1 Soho Sq / London / Cole Lamb's Conduit St [printer]', label pasted to heel breast of both shoes, paper with text in ink, '3[5]3'

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Dimensions

Height

70 mm

Width

60 mm

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