Children's side-button black leather boots

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Pair of black children's leather ankle boots

Pair of black children's leather ankle boots

Name/Title

Children's side-button black leather boots

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.738

Description

Black leather ankle boot for a child with a six button fastening. Extra leather for sole fastened with nails. These shoes both machine made and cobbled. The buttons would have most likely been glass attached to a metal shank.

Context

Possibly made c 1890s and would have been an everyday shoe. A button-hole hook would have been required to fasten the boots.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Clothing

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Height

100 mm

Width

30 mm

Length

150 mm

Weight

244 g

Dimension Notes

Individual boots weigh 118 g and 126 g

Material

Leather, Non-ferrous metal

Location

* Untyped Location

C8S3

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

The Shoe Museum, Northampton, UK