Details

LOT 2172

Cased Post Medieval Iron Foot Patten Collection

17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/2 - 32 in. (6.05 kg total, 11.5-81 cm).

Comprising six adult- and child-sized pattens, each a ring with extended tongue fitted with rivets to secure the ring to a wooden platform; some in a glazed wooden fabric-lined display case with labels and explanatory text, one with reproduction wooden sole and leather upper showing how the patent is attached. [8, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Published

Published in Bailey, G., Detector finds 2, Witham, 1993, pp.55-57.

Literature

Cf. Bailey, G., Detector finds 2, Witham, 1993, p.56.

Footnotes

Iron pattens first came into use probably in 17th century A.D., and gained popularity during the first half of that century. The original design of the patten was as one piece of shaped wood attached beneath the sole of the shoe; this evolved into to a wooden platform attached to the underside of an iron ring. The pattens were thus forerunners of the Wellington boot which came into use in the 19th century A.D.