Orthopaedic brace
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather shoe with metal support and plastic eyelets
Measurements
88 mm (Height) x 60 mm (Depth); 135 mm (Length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672703
Summary
A child’s orthopaedic shoe for the right foot. The open toed brown leather shoe is attached to a metal strut at the sole, with the strut running up the rear of the shoe to provide support for the ankle and lower leg. This strut has four holes in it at the top which would possibly have attached to another missing part to allow for height adjustment. The shoe has six small circular plastic eyelets through which a lace could be threaded but the lace is missing. There are leather straps at the top and around the middle of the shoe to allow for its fit to be tightened. Both of these have a small metal buckle for fastening.
Provenance
Purchased by The National Trust as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside shoe: Inside shoe: '3' and '47637' written in ink