1685
Details
A dated English delft shoe
1685
Modelled as a lady's fabric shoe with pointed toe, large bow at front, high curled tongue and high square heel, the front of the shoe inscribed SWH to one side and 1685 to the other, the toe and centre line of the shoe painted in blue and yellow with zig-zag lines probably intended to represent stitching, the sides and back of the shoe with blue and yellow lines and rosettes
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long
1685
Modelled as a lady's fabric shoe with pointed toe, large bow at front, high curled tongue and high square heel, the front of the shoe inscribed SWH to one side and 1685 to the other, the toe and centre line of the shoe painted in blue and yellow with zig-zag lines probably intended to represent stitching, the sides and back of the shoe with blue and yellow lines and rosettes
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long
Provenance
F.H. Garner Collection.
Sold Sotheby's, 1 June 1965, lot 136.
Tilley & Co., London.
Sold Sotheby's, 1 June 1965, lot 136.
Tilley & Co., London.
Literature
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware (London, 1984), p. 409, no. 1705.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
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