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CATALOGUE OF SHOES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, EDINBURGH.

1. Series of Specimens of Ornamental Shoe-Buckles of the 17th and 18th centuries.

2. Pair of Jack Boots as worn in the middle of the 17th century.

3. Sandal, dug up in the Magdalen Yard, Dundee, Forfarshire.--A. Sutherland, 1827.

4. Old Celtic Shoe, with open-work, found six feet below the surface, near Callander, Perthshire.

5. Soles of Shoes, found in the “Moray Vault,” under St Giles’ Church, Edinburgh.--A. Ritchie, 1837.

6–11. Ladies’ Shoes, viz.:--(6) High-heeled Shoe and pair of Clogs, as worn in the middle of last century; (7) High-heeled Crimson Satin Shoes, with plated buckles--George Sim, F.S.A. Scot., 1863; (8) Pair of Sky-blue Satin high-heeled Shoes, with buckles; (9) Pair of Black Satin Shoes, high heels, with ribband tie; (10, 11) Two Pairs lemon-coloured, sharp-pointed, high-heeled, Kid Shoes, with ribband rosettes, worn in the beginning of the present century--Dr John Alexander Smith, F.S.A. Scot., 1861.

12. Pair of Rivlins, or Shetland Shoes of untanned hide.--Gilbert Goudie, F.S.A. Scot., 1873.

13–16. Shoes of Satin and Embroidered Work.

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