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76/307
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Folding shoe size measuring stick made by Ullathorne & Co. Made of boxwood with brass hinges.
A folding shoe size measuring stick made by Ullathorne & Co. It is made of boxwood with brass hinges. One of the jointed pieces is fixed, while the other is moveable along the length of the stick. One side is calibrated in inches to one foot, and the other in shoe sizes from one to fourteen. folding up heel rest at one end, with a brass hinge and a sliding toe marker.
Physical description
1 shoe measure: wood, metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Measure, shoe-size // Accession number: 76/307 // ... // Description: Folding measure of boxwood with two jointed pieces, one fixed and the other movable along the length of the ruler. // It is calibrated on both sides: inches up to one foot, and shoe sizes from one to fourteen. // It is stamped with the maker’s name. // ‘Ullathorne & Co.’ // Dimensions: length 38.00cms width 1.6cms // Associated information: None. // ‘The adjustable foot measurer, used by the boot and shoe maker… was known as a size stick’ (Pinto) // References: E H Pinto, ‘Treen’, p.402 // A Jobson, ‘Country Life’, 27.10.1950, pp.1423–5’
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