Pattern, Sole
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Sole
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.096
- Date:
- circa 1895
- Description:
- Shoe sole pattern. Tin pattern, sides of forepart fairly straight, squared toe, one side of instep slightly more concave than the other, rounded heel. Two small circular holes: in forepart and in heel. Stamped "3" and "E" on one side, hard to read script initials, possibly H. G., scratched on instep of same side (same initials on 1977.55.1.95-.98), names "WIGGIN & NEWHALL" on forepart. From shoemaker's bench 1977.055.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- W-2.875 L-9.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired in the vicinity of Durham, NH by the collector James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944).
A shoe sole pattern (1977.55.1.96) bears the names Wiggin & Newhall who are listed in the 1895 Dover City Directory as boot and shoemakers. They were successors to Smith & Wiggin (1892-93 Dover City Directory), who were in turn successors of Walton R. Shaw (1890-91 and 1892-93 Dover City Directories). Wiggin was later in partnership with Dudley L. Furber who made shoes until 1914. Several shoe sole patterns (1977.55.1.95-.98) bear the initials H.G., possibly referring to Henry Glidden of Glidden and Bennett, boot and shoe manufacturers listed in the Dover City directories for 1888-1893. Henry P. Glidden of Dover, NH is listed in the 1880 census as 47 years old and working in a shoe shop. - Credit Line:
- James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
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