Habit de Cordonnier by Gerard Valk, c. 1710.
© Bata Shoe Museum, BSM P03.59

Le Sauetier, 1730.
© Bata Shoe Museum, BSM P83.15

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The Museum also holds numerous other French artefacts many of which are related to shoemaking or are shoe inspired utilitarian and art objects.

A very rare wood cut of Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian, the patron saints of shoemakers, showing the tools of the trade. They are featured with a bible and two clasping hands in centre writing; “Tides Ficit.”

Ceramic vessel, white with blue, with small handles on either side and a tall thin neck.

Glazed porcelain figure of cobbler sitting on workbench with shoe and tool in his hands.

Two wood shoe-shaped snuffboxes with bone-carved portraits on the lids.

Ivory boot-shaped snuffbox with engraved silver lid.

Round wooden box with tortoise shell lining and relief design on lid depicting clog maker with hat hollowing out a clog on a bench under a roof whilst a female figure looks on from inside an adjoining house.

Two wooden shoe sculptures, one in the shape of a sandal of King Tutankhamen on foot with paste decoration and the other of a black and blue classic sandal on foot.