Boots worn by Emily Jane Russell, wife of Henry Chamberlain Russell, Government Astronomer at the Observatory between 1875-1900

Boots, pair, women's, side lacing, cream kid/leather/cotton, J.A. Davies & Son, London, c. 1840.
Pair of women's handmade, side laced ankle boots of turnshoe construction with round toe and no heel. The boots consist of 3 piece cream kid uppers, with short vamp, seamed at centre back and front, inner tongue and unfinished edges, featuring 10 pairs of eyelets and cotton lacing. The uppers are lined in cotton, the interior of the boots is not visible. The sole of the boots is in leather and reinforced at the inner waist with a strip of dark brown leather.

Made: Davies, J A & Sons; London, England; 1815 - 1865


Owned: Russell, Henry Chamberlain; Sydney

Owned: Russell, Henry Chamberlain; Australia

Manufacturer on sock, printed paper label, "Manufactured/ J.A. Davi[e]s & Son/ 9/ Gracechurch St/ London" Interior of boot obscured by support: this information from OF

A9850

1815 - 1865

100 mm

55 mm