A Pair of Ladies Victorian High-Top Leather Boots c.1890

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A Pair of Ladies Victorian High-Top Leather Boots c.1890Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Length: 9. 75 inches Height: 10 inches (each) The high top leather ladies boots in black leather cowhide, the wholes having pointed toes and sturdy stacked wood Louis or "spool" heels, and leather soles, surviving from late nineteenth century England. The condition of the boots are thoroughly charming with the leather showing signs of obvious wear commensurate with use and

There is some light fraying to the edges of the fabric but generally the flag and the pole are in super condition

rather un-politically correct

The Adam mantels are in wood enriched with ornament

this is a wonderfully imagined and rendered butler and certainly of the highest order in its class

Head Depth: 4

A hinged door closes the box

From the earliest days of organised pigeon racing

this is a super little decorative wall mirror

(materials that were readily to hand and often inexpensive for the artisan or hobbyist)

Ebony is a very slow growing hardwood and was imported from British India and was a popular vanity set material with both men and women from around the turn of the century to the 1920s which is when the timber became too rare and expensive to be economically viable

mechanically fascinating and aesthetically pleasing

not to be missed

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