Mary Rose Type 2.4

 

This slip-on shoe is one of the type 2 shoe of the shoes found aboard the wreck of the ship Mary Rose, which sank in 1545. It is built on a straight last, meaning that the left and right shoe are identical. All type 2 shoes are closed welted shoes. Type 2.4 additionally shows slashing on the vamp and a squared toe section.

Literature

  • Gardiner, Julie. Ed. Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose. Archaeology of the Mary Rose Volume 4. 2006