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H4448-9 Buckle shoe with buckle, part of Joseph Box collection, mens, leather / silver / steel / metal, maker unknown, England, c. 1761. Click to enlarge.
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Buckle shoe from the Joseph Box collection

This buckle shoe with detachable buckle 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 …

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

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Buckle shoe from the Joseph Box collection
c. 1761
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Shoe buckle from the Joseph Box collection

Summary

Object No.

H4448-9

Object Statement

Buckle shoe with buckle, part of Joseph Box collection, mens, leather / silver / steel / metal, maker unknown, England, c. 1761

Physical Description

Buckle shoe, mens, leather / silver braid, with detachable buckle, silver / steel, maker unknown, England, [1761]

Mens single right straight buckle shoe of rand construction with square domed toe and Cuban heel. Upper consists of very high rounded tongue covered by pointed overlapping latchets fastened by an oval silver buckle with silver braid rose stitched to one side. Upper lined with white kid on the sides; white leather sock and insole is brown leather. Heel is red leather; white stitched at breast, seat and top piece and leather sole features a sueded waist.

Silver buckle with a pitchfork chape of steel, featuring florette in the centre of each side and one in each corner. Also features an Edinburgh hallmark.

Marks

The number '9' has been written on the sole of the shoe and there are two paper labels stuck to the sole of the shoe. Text in pencil on one label reads '1412 / Dress'. Pencil text on the other label reads 'Kingham / 187 Regent / St / London'.

Edinburgh Hallmark stamped on reverse of buckle

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