Object number
80/65/1-2
Description
This is a pair of white canvas boots with thin soft rubber soles, about size 8 1/2 or 9. They were worn by maltsters in floor malting. Their lightness and soft soles were designed to avoid damaging the corns as the men walked across the bed of grain.
Physical description
1 pair of shoes [or boots]: canvas uppers; rubber soles
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Maltster's shoes // Accession number: 80/65/1-2 // Classification: Processing, grain malt // Negative number: 60/14563 // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: Pauls & Sandars Ltd., Grantham, 3 June 1980 // Store: Small object // Condition: Good // Recorder, date: J. H. B. 28 October 1980 // Description: White canvas boots with thin soft rubber soles. // Dimensions: About size 8 1/2 or 9 // 31cm toe to heel, 10 1/2 across ball of foot // 14 1/2 high at the heel (boot back part). // Associated information: Shoes worn by maltsters in floor malting. Their lightness and soft soles were designed to avoid damaging corns as the men walked across the bed of grain. // References: H. Stopes, [‘Malt and Malting’ underlined] (1885) in R.U.L.'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14563.tif - High resolution image
