£3,200
A PAIR OF 17TH CENTURY CHILD'S SHOES embroidered in coloured silks and gilt metal thread with flowers and birds on a black silk ground, leather sole and stacked heel, 10cm long. See illustration
Shoes are in good condition - metal thread good, borders intact
Leather soles good
A couple of loose threads to the insides
Right shoe with two punctures through bottom fabric
Otherwise excellent
Provenance: From Kent Manor House
Family were Royalists with connections to Yorkshire
As far as we know they are English
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