Wedding boots
Silk boots with a linen lining worn by Mary Tucker for her marriage to Henry Ford on 6 December 1864. The wedding was a high profile occasion for Branscombe, the Tiverton Gazette called it a ‘festival’. The couple provided the poor of the village with ‘a beautiful dinner and tea’.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 98/1963/8/2
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Common Name
- wedding boots
- Simple Name
- boot
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Date
- 1863
