Clay worker’s shoe
The ball clay clay industry has been important in Devon for hundreds of years. Not only was cutting the ball clay physically demanding work but it could also be very messy. The workmen wore simple but sturdy boots with leather uppers and metal re-enforced wooden soles.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 548/2007/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- leathermetalwood
- Common Name
- clay worker’s shoe
- Simple Name
- shoe
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
