Leather Shoe Mounted on a Wooden Foot

Roman

English Heritage
United Kingdom

leather shoe, conserved and mounted on wooden foot (modern). When this shoe was found, William Tailford, the excavation foreman, went down to London with the shoe to the Clayton family bootmaker, who made the wooden foot specially for the shoe.

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Title: Leather Shoe Mounted on a Wooden Foot
Date Created: Roman
Location: Chester Roman Fort
Type: Shoe
Original Source: CHESTERS ROMAN FORT
Rights: Trustees of the Clayton Collection and English Heritage
Medium: leather; wood
Photographer: Bob Smith

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