Lot 123
THREE PAIRS OF REGENCY KID LEATHER LADIES' FOOTWEAR
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 5 September 2018 at 11:00 BST
Description
comprising a pair of pale blue boots with silk tassel trim, a pair of pale pink shoes with pleated silk trim, a pair of white shoes with pleated silk trim and silk rosettes, and a lace collar, in an ebonised glazed display case with a mirror back
Dimensions
Overall case 62cm long, 18cm high, 38cm deep
Footnote
Note: Lots 121-123 are associated with the Lovett family of Liscombe House, Buckinghamshire. According to family history, it is believed the shoes belonged to, and the needlework the work of, Elizabeth, Letitia, and Arabella Lovett, the daughters of Sir Johnathan Lovett. Of Anglo-Irish descent, Sir John was the first and only Baron of Lovett, a title created for him in October of 1781. He married Sarah Darby, and in addition to their three daughters, they had a son, Robert, who died in boyhood in 1807. Due to the fact Sir John issued no male heirs who survived him, the baronetcy terminated after his death in 1812. The Lovetts resided at Liscombe House, a red-brick Elizabethan mansion set in over 200 acres with an enclosed courtyard, which was rebuilt in parts the 1920s.