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1886.1.802.1-2

Long boots. Worn by Ruben Francombe, a seaman of H.M.S. "Alert" in 1875.

1886.1.802.1-2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Long boots. Worn by Ruben Francombe, a seaman of H.M.S. "Alert" in 1875.
Long description
Long boots with woven woollen material tops leather sole and sides and cork inner sole. There is a leather strap which buckles on the outside of the foot being sewn down at the sides and a leather inide where the strap passes over the foot. A hem is made on the inside 2/3rd way up the leg for a running tape.
Cultural groups
European
Person
Field collector Reuben Francombe
Field collector HMS Alert
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1875
Date collected
?On or before 1875
Acquisition information
Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Cork Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length x Width 320 x 670 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.802.1-2 Other numbers: 88
Research and responses

Please note that there is no further information about Francombe in the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 24/3/2004] Reuben Francombe was one of six brothers all born and brought up in Oxford (information supplied by John Graham whose great grandfather was David Francombe, one of Reuben Francombe's brothers). [ZM 9/4/2005]

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