Antique Treen Size Stick - For Shoes

Name: Antique Treen Size Stick - For Shoes
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA826161
Availability: SoldOut

18th century

Sold by Opus Antiques

Description

This is an unusual antique treen size stick used for measuring feet for shoes. Its anice early examople dating from around the early 1800s.

It consists of a measuring stick with numbers carved into the stick there appears to be two 6's in a row, instead of a 5, maybe the carver made a mistake, for the smaller sizes it reads 1,2,3.4,6,6. There is then a large carved 1 signifying adult sizes which then progress upto size 12, again with two 6's.

The end terminates in a boxwood shoe, the upper part of the shoe moves up and down the measuring stick, the base of the shoe is fixed. When the two are brought together they form a shoe. The shoe is decorated with a rectangular line decoration for the buckle and has some carved foliage on the top.

It measures 36.5cm h x 9cm w at the base x 3cm d at the base.

Similar measuring devices are illustrated in Pinto's book on Treen and other Wooden Bygones - plate 421.

Physical Dimensions

Height

36.5cm (14.37")

Width

9cm (3.54")

Depth

3cm (1.18")

Declaration

Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA826161

Dealers Notes

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Description

This is an unusual antique treen size stick used for measuring feet for shoes. Its anice early examople dating from around the early 1800s.

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It consists of a measuring stick with numbers carved into the stick there appears to be two 6's in a row, instead of a 5, maybe the carver made a mistake, for the smaller sizes it reads 1,2,3.

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4,6,6. There is then a large carved 1 signifying adult sizes which then progress upto size 12, again with two 6's.

fig 1. Antique Treen Size Stick - For Shoes

The end terminates in a boxwood shoe, the upper part of the shoe moves up and down the measuring stick, the base of the shoe is fixed. When the two are brought together they form a shoe. The shoe is decorated with a rectangular line decoration for the buckle and has some carved foliage on the top.

It measures 36.5cm h x 9cm w at the base x 3cm d at the base.

Similar measuring devices are illustrated in Pinto's book on Treen and other Wooden Bygones - plate 421.