Accession No

2007.449 D


Description

Diamond shape piece of shoe leather with two opposite edges stitched with butted seams. The third edge is cut, and the fourth is torn. There are three large holes near the corner of the cut and stitched edges. Separate piece of thong suggest this is a bow cut boot quarter. Front seam is an edged flesh butted one, 'blind' on the outside and stitched together. The back seam is similar, trace of an inside seam at the back probably showing a ?stiffner.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; St Neots; Hall Place


Period

Post Medieval late 16th century


Source

Addyman, Peter Vincent [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2007.449 D; SN61 CI XVI 13 84 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Leather


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Peter V. Addyman, for the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, 1961-1962. See archive (Doc.301) for site plans, etc.
Event Date 1961
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. and Majora, J. (1972). 'An 18th-Century Mansion, a Fishpond, and Post-Medieval Finds from St. Neots, Huntingdonshire'. Post-Medieval Archaeology 6. pp. 102-103, Fig. 47.3
Event Date 1972
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
Addyman (1972): 'Diamond shape piece of shoe leather with two opposite edges stitched with butted seams. The third edge is cut, and the fourth is torn. There are three large holes near the corner of the cut and stitched edges. Separate piece of thong suggest this is a bow cut boot quarter. Front seam is an edged flesh butted one, 'blind' on the outside and stitched together. The back seam is similar, trace of an inside seam at the back probably showing a ?stiffner.'
Event Date 1972
Author: Annie McKay


Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum, when it was catalogued in bulk records. The finds from the Late Saxon settlement (see PCAS vol. 64) and those late Medieval and Post Medieval finds from a fishpond and 18th century house (see Post-Medieval Archaeology vol. 6) may sometimes share a single record, which will ultimately need to be split further.
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
2007.449 [A-S]: 'SN61 (Box 18) containing leather.'
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay


FM:281116

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