Boot hook
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel and bone
Measurements
82 mm (Width); 192 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22601
Summary
Boot or shoe hook with barrel-shaped handle in bone attached to top of the steel shaft of the hook. Six indented circular rings marked in the shaft with a hook at the end with straight base and knob at the end. Ochre paint on the hook. Handle is smooth and cream coloured and decorated with two pairs of rings either side of the shaft joint and two series of concentric rings at each end.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.