Ice skating boot
Category
Costume
Date
1900
Materials
Fur, Leather, Steel
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 934480.2
Summary
One of a pair of ice skating boots (M), uppers black leather, soles and heels leather, blades steel; lining brown leather, brown coney fur; trimming stamped and top stitching, decorative edges, eight eyelets, black woven laces 50 mm, fourteen black oval buttons. 44 5 stamped on inset, 4 stamped inside, 'Edouard Engels E.V.B.' marked on blades.
Provenance
Probably worn by 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910) OR 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Edouard Engels E.V.B. (blades)