Pinkcoke
Alumni
I was told these were 1930's, and I can see why they said that, but my instinct says that they are somewhere between late 19th to early 20thC. I don't know how to narrow that down though. The soles are not straight, but have the same feel as the straights I've held, in construction and materials, which seems to say they are older to me. The soles are velvety leather, almost a suede themselves with those pinhead sized tacks. Nicely finished round the edges. Stacked leather heel. The uppers are suede, bound with silk thread and lined with kid leather and fine cotton twill. Maybe for a young girl? as they are low heeled and a medium size. The only thing saying later to me is the fact that they have a width letter marked, and the mark is stamped, not written. I can't recall seeing a width on shoes before the 1920's - any idea when this began? I think it is an English or German size 5 1/2 C as they are quite narrow, and D is the standard width here. They do have a high cut vamp - it is 3" long.
