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H4448-53 Buckle shoe with buckle, part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / silver / steel, maker unknown, England, c. 1760-1769. Click to enlarge.
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Buckle shoe from the Joseph Box collection

This silk satin buckle shoe with buckle may have featured in the Antique and Historical Shoes Exhibition organised by Joseph Box in 1889 and the Bethnal Green Museum Shoe Exhibition held in London, England in 1897. The 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 …

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

Parts of this object

H4448-53/1 Buckle shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / metal, maker unknown, England, c. 1760-1769
Buckle shoe from the Joseph Box collection
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Shoe buckle from the Joseph Box collection

Summary

Object No.

H4448-53

Object Statement

Buckle shoe with buckle, part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / silver / steel, maker unknown, England, c. 1760-1769

Physical Description

Buckle shoe, indoor, womens, silk satin / leather / [silver], with buckle, silver / steel, maker unknown, England, c. 1760-1769

Womens single straight indoor buckle shoe of turnshoe construction with fingertip pointed toe and covered wedged Louis heel. Shoe consists of fawn silk satin upper featuring a medium high tongue covered by rounded end straps with a silver buckle, straight side seams at mid waist and top edge binding over back seam. Upper lined in white kid, linen and pale blue silk and the sock is white kid. Heel covered in the same silk satin and the sole is brown edged leather with a smooth forepart, rough waist and breast.

Silver buckle with blue steel chape and pitchfork, featuring cut and faceted corners.

Marks

see parts

Short URL

https://ma.as/239740

Dimensions

Height

130 mm

Width

70 mm

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