A PAIR OF ENGLISH DELFT DATED MODELS OF SHOES
A PAIR OF ENGLISH DELFT DATED MODELS OF SHOES
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A PAIR OF ENGLISH DELFT DATED MODELS OF SHOES

DATED 1727, LONDON OR BRISTOL

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH DELFT DATED MODELS OF SHOES
DATED 1727, LONDON OR BRISTOL
Each with an opposing buckle, painted with a floral band extending down the center of the toe box and overall with scrolling flowers and insects, the blue sole reserved with a medallion inscribed E::C above the date 1727
4½ in. (11.3 cm.) high, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long (2)
來源
Property of Mrs. M.P. Annesley; Sotheby's, London, 8 January 1974, lot 30 (the left shoe).
The Joseph V. Vizcarra Collection, bearing collection label no. 120 (the right shoe).
The Harriet Carleton Goldweitz Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2006, lot 49 (the pair).
Acquired post sale by the present owner.
出版
Harriet Carleton Goldweitz, "An American Collection of English Pottery: A Chronology 1635-1778", English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 12, part 1, 1984, pp. 13-14, plate 19a (the right shoe).
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware: Tin-glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, p. 413, no. 1730 a & b.

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The fact that these two shoes are molded with a left and right buckle indicates that they were intended as a true pair. As shoes were considered symbols of good luck and often given as a token of affection, the initials and date inscribed on the soles of the present pair indicate that it may have been commissioned as a betrothal or wedding gift. Other examples have also been found preserved in the chimneys of old houses. As is still true of a lucky horseshoe hung above a stable door, delft shoes appear to have been traditionally thought to have similar mystical properties.

For a very similar example inscribed K::B and dated 1710, see J. Horne, 'A Collection of Early English Pottery', part II, no. 35. Also see L.L. Lipski and M. Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984 , p. 409-415, no. 1704-1738 for a chronology of English delft shoe fashion in the mid-17th to mid-18th century including the present example. Dated examples are known as early as 1654 and as late as 1768.

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