25 – Shoes

Physical description:

Pair of white leather ladies' shoes, probably Victorian.

Museum classification:

Joan Wytte

Size:

220 long

Information:

Text by Cecil Williamson: 'Bodmin white leather was used to make such up-market things as this pair of white leather dancing shoes for a young lady.' [Joan Wytte's father was a Bodmin 'tawner' who made white leather of this type.]

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Leather

Copyright ownership:

Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.

Text by Cecil Williamson: 'Bodmin white leather was used to make such up-market things as this pair of white leather dancing shoes for a young lady.' [Joan Wytte's father was a Bodmin 'tawner' who made white leather of this type.]