#1538   Man's Overshoe
   c. 1830s

United States


Materials:
Wooden sole, leather vamp, metal nails.

Condition: Very Good. Leather vamp is cracked around the edge.

Measurements:  Width of sole, 3 5/8"; Length, 10 1/2"; Heel, 1 3/4".

Comments: This wooden-soled overshoe would have been worn over another less sturdy shoe.  The square toe and straight soles date this to sometime during the 1830s.  The somewhat crude workmanship suggests these shoes may have belonged to a working class man.  If this is true, then these are a very rare pair of shoes.