Shoe horn
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
tortoiseshell
Measurements
43 mm (Width); 205 mm (Length)
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 746123
Summary
Tortoiseshell shoe horn with a small raised handle section above which is a hole with a piece of string tied through. The widest end is curved to fit the foot tapering back to the small handle to a soft point.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.