Cobbler's last
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Leather
Measurements
90 mm (Width) x 107 mm (Depth); 295 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335665.2
Summary
Wooden cobbler's last, left one of pair, square toed. Made in two parts - 1) heel, sole and toe; 2) upper - now nailed together at front and screwed at ankle. Pieces of leather nailed along outer side of sole and around toe. Ankle stamped 'Ridet', and handwritten in ink along each side 'Dr Wolston',
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade