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

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wedding boots