A pair of ladies' shoes covered with ivory figured silk, with pointed toe and 2.1/8in. (5cm.) covered wedged heel, the vamp embroidered in metal thread and sequins with linked roundels and embellished with silk ruching, trimmed with ivory binding, straights, lined with white kid and inscribed in ink "Miss Sally Browne", 1790s (2)

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A pair of ladies' shoes covered with ivory figured silk, with pointed toe and 2.1/8in. (5cm.) covered wedged heel, the vamp embroidered in metal thread and sequins with linked roundels and embellished with silk ruching, trimmed with ivory binding, straights, lined with white kid and inscribed in ink "Miss Sally Browne", 1790s (2)

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With card inscribed in ink on the reverse "Pair of Dancing Shoes of "Miss Sally Browne" my Grandmother - circa 1790. Married in 1800 to James Crouch, Surveyor of H.M. Customs. Died in 1848. W. Crouch.", the address of the card, Wanstead, Essex.

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