Postillion boot
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, Leather
Measurements
410 mm (H)260 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335748
Summary
Postillion boot - Heavy leather high boots, left hand one has extra protection over instep and a nine point iron spur. CPW Item number 463 (Cottage Kitchen) - 'Pair of postillion boots with one spur'. Charles Wade includes a painting of the harness room of his family home 'Elmsley' in his Yoxford notebook (1340944) on page 164, the painting includes a pair of similar boots.
Provenance
CPW Item 463 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.