About this object
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ID:
L21/2
Production date:
1600-1699
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Location:
In Store
Leather shoe with cut-out decoration. It was recovered from a first floor chimney recess in Lauderdale House, Highgate, in association with four chickens, plaited hemp, a Borderware candlestick, a glass tazza and another shoe. This is the most complete 'builder's sacrifice' known from London. Objects like shoes, clothing, other domestic items and dead animals were sometimes deliberately concealed inside houses to act as lucky charms and protection against harmful spirits.
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Measurements
L 205 mm; W 110 mm
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Materials
leather
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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