Wooden boot stretchers or trees

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Paire hunting boots with boot trees inseerted

Paire hunting boots with boot trees inseerted

Name/Title

Wooden boot stretchers or trees

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.367

Description

Four wooden shapes that fit together - one piece in the foot and three in the leg. Each boot is marked with an "L' for left and 'R' for right.

Context

Used by the calvary and the 'gentry' to preserve their boots.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Horse Welfare and Farriers
Animal Husbandry

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Material

Wood - Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Location

* Untyped Location

WW floor

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

General Notes

Note

Thanks to Dr Adam Bowett, furniture historian, for wood identification