Pair of Shoe Trees
ca. 1900 (made)
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Pair of shoe trees. The toe is made of boxwood, shaped to a narrow rounded point. The trees are not straights but are differently shaped for the left and right foot. To a hinge, which is attached through a notch cut in the toe-piece at the instep, is attached a metal screw rod with a wooden boss at one end and a metal bar handle at the other. This can be adjusted for length according to size so that the bar handle supports the back of the shoe and forces the top piece into the correct position to support the front of the shoe.
There is a printed oval label stuck inside the hollow under the left toe piece.
There is a printed oval label stuck inside the hollow under the left toe piece.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Varnished boxwood with metal screw rods, wooden bosses and metal bar handles |
| Brief description | Pair of varnished boxwood shoe trees, made in England, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Pair of shoe trees. The toe is made of boxwood, shaped to a narrow rounded point. The trees are not straights but are differently shaped for the left and right foot. To a hinge, which is attached through a notch cut in the toe-piece at the instep, is attached a metal screw rod with a wooden boss at one end and a metal bar handle at the other. This can be adjusted for length according to size so that the bar handle supports the back of the shoe and forces the top piece into the correct position to support the front of the shoe. There is a printed oval label stuck inside the hollow under the left toe piece. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'URIST BOOT TREE' [not complete] 'S & GENTS IN ALL SHAPES SIZES & FITTING PER 3/6 PAIR ... OBTAINED FROM ALL HIGH CLASS BOOTMAKERS' [around the outside] and centrally there is a picture of a boot with a tree in position inside it (On a printed oval label stuck inside the hollow under the left toe piece only. Printed in green and black on cream.) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs J. Leared |
| Object history | Registered File number 1985/1334. Possibly belonged to donor's mother or grandmother. |
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| Accession number | T.201&A-1985 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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