Accession No

1883.692 D


Description

Dark leather shoe, enclosed foot, leather sole, decorative marks and cuts at upper covering of foot, no apparent heel, some stitching visible.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Corpus Christi College; Old Court


Period

Post Medieval Elizabethan


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1883.692 D; MAA: 1883.692 E [incorrect suffix]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Leather


Local Term


Measurements

120mm x 70mm x 240mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
A second card now exists, made out in the mistaken belief that the original card was missing. This second card gives the following information: 'Found with other items, Old Court, Corpus Christi College 1852'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card for 1883.692 D has the following entry: 'ELIZABETHAN FIND'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Found together / assemblage)
This Elizabethan shoe was found with other articles (a-g) under a floor of the room known as the 'Shoe makers' room', in the old court of Corpus Christie College 1852.
Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Context (Other owners)
Acquired by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society in 1852-1853. The 1853 Report reads: 'Shoes and Clogs of the time of Queen Elizabeth....found in a disused recess and under a floor at Corpus Christi College. See "Communications".'
Event Date 1853
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Babington, Charles. 1859. 'On some Antiquities found in Corpus Christi College in the year 1852' In 'Antiquarian Communications', Vol. 1, pp 50-54 and illustrated plate. University Press: Cambridge.
Event Date 1859
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A strong shoe slashed across the instep.
Event Date 1883
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Archaeologies of the Founding Collection: Artefacts that Established the Museum' from March 2002 to December 2003.
Event Date 3/2002
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
After researching this and associated objects, suggest that 1883.692 A-F were found under the floor of the room known as the 'Shoe-maker's Room' in the Old Court of Corpus Christi College, and that 1883.692 (comb) and 1983.692 G (wood carvings) were found in a small cupboard in the Old Court with the leather objects in 1852. The Accession Register entry wrongly states the origin as Christ's College. Note with record clearly states find location as Corpus Christi College. All objects now reverted to Archaeology and index cards stored together in Arch. files.
Event Date 2/9/2002
Author: Imogen Gunn


Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.1250 | Repack
Event Date 28/4/2015
Author: cao37


Description (Physical description)
Dark leather shoe, enclosed foot, leather sole, decorative marks and cuts at upper covering of foot, no apparent heel, some stitching visible.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:13501

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