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H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
  • Image 2 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
  • Image 3 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
  • Image 4 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
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    Image 5 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
  • Image 6 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
  • Image 7 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
  • Image 8 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge
  • Image 9 of 9, H4448-507 Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885. Click to enlarge

Balmoral boot by Menhennitt

This Balmoral boot made as prize work to demonstrate the shoemaker's skill, 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. Early museum documentation states ' the heel is remarkable for the number and regularity of the lifts.The buttonholes are beautifully worked'. The collection ranges from …

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.

H4448-507

Object Statement

Balmoral boot, part of Josph Box collection, womens, left foot, prize work, leather / silk / timber / celluloid, by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, London, England, c. 1885

Physical Description

Balmoral boot, womens, leather / silk satin / wood, made by Sandy McCarthey for Menhennitt, exhibition / prize work, London, England, [1885]

Womens single left six button ankle boot (Balmoral), on original last, of welted construction with square toes, rounded edges and stacked heel. Boot consists of black patent leather galosh and two piece pale blue silk satin leg featuring toe with peaked cap, white piped back seam and top edge of full galosh, white stitched centre front and back seams of leg and blue kid edge binding, six white buttons and hand worked button holes. Decoration features scalloped stitching on the cap, punching with white underlay at cap and throat and top edge finished with fleur de lis and scrolls. Upper features pink leather facing, the rest not visible because of the last. Black leather heel features full lifts, fine wheeling at the seat and a nailed (originally blinded) top piece. Leather sole is made straight with a narrow waist featuring a French shank.

Marks

Interior of boot obscured by last. Label on upper surface of last, pasted paper, handwritten text in ink, 'Sandy McCarthey / 507'

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

145 mm

Width

50 mm

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