Shoemaker's boot


Dresden 18th century Wood, ivory length 36.7 cm, width 1.7 cm, length of sole 8 cm A device for measuring the length of the sole. It consists of a fixed part, a movable part with a scale made from ivory and a movable upper part of the 'shoe' which measures the length of the sole. The scale is marked with numbers from 1 to 20. The item still has an old label of the 'Archaeological Department of the country Museum of Zagreb' fixed to it, with a text that states origin of the item: 'Drazdianih donesena 1795, od Ivana Krizmanica zupnika sv. Kriskog'. M. Skiljan, Stare mjere, Zagreb, 1975, catalogue number 72.




HPM/PMH-023815