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Ballet Shoes
A pair of pink satin ballet shoes by Freed, London, the soles stamped with manufacturer's details and size 4, one sole inscribed in an unidentified hand in red ballpoint pen Fonteyn [indistinct], both soles inscribed in black ballpoint pen, probably by Fonteyn, with the initial O, probably to denote the ballet Ondine and L or R, probably by Fonteyn, to denote left or right foot (well worn); and a black and white still of Fonteyn as Ondine on stage -- 8½x6½in. (21.6x16.5cm.) (2)
A pair of pink satin ballet shoes by Freed, London, the soles stamped with manufacturer's details and size 4, one sole inscribed in an unidentified hand in red ballpoint pen Fonteyn [indistinct], both soles inscribed in black ballpoint pen, probably by Fonteyn, with the initial O, probably to denote the ballet Ondine and L or R, probably by Fonteyn, to denote left or right foot (well worn); and a black and white still of Fonteyn as Ondine on stage -- 8½x6½in. (21.6x16.5cm.) (2)
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