Last, Boot
- Object Name:
- Last, Boot
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.118.2
- Date:
- 1888-1914
- Description:
- Boot crimping board. Wood. One of a pair. Shape of profile of boot with short toe area. Area above proper heel, diagonal edge. In that edge, notch, 1.3" wide. It passes all the way through last. Notch flat inside edge. In middle of that, steel insert with round hole in it. Hole diameter: 0.36". Front edge of leg and top edge of foot section tapered to slightly rounded edge. Bottom and back surfaces, flat edges. Top, also flat surface. Many small holes on back, flat surface from top to bottom. Near bottom of back surface, wood abraded away due to so many holes created in it. Bottom surface, a few holes in it. Concentrated area of holes and wood chipped away. This coincides with continuation of front line of leg down through foot section. Out bottom edge with this line is where deterioration and chipping is. A number of holes, diamond cross-section for their shape. Stamped in relief top of pattern: "10".
- Material:
- Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-9.4 L-17.4 D-1.3 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. - Credit Line:
- James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
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