Ice skating boot
Manfield and Sons Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather and metal
Measurements
210 mm (H)170 mm (H)290 mm (Length)315 mm (Length)100 mm (D)
Place of origin
Northampton
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1399405.1
Summary
One of a pair of ice-skating boots, brown leather, size 8.5. No lace. Marked in ink 'R. Ketton Cremer'. Stamped 'Made by Manfield and Sons Ltd, Northampton'. Blade stamped 'John Wilson, Portland Works, Sheffield' with a design of a fox. Blade size 11, No.84.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969).
Marks and inscriptions
R. Ketton Cremer Made by Manfield and Sons Ltd, Northampton. On blade: John Wilson, Portland Works, Sheffield, with a design of a fox. Blade size 11, No.84.
Makers and roles
Manfield and Sons Ltd, shoemaker John Wilson , tool manufacturer