infant shoes

Dateca. 1818

Dimensions4.45 × 4.45 × 11.43 cm (1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

Markings"First shoes worn by Susan Parks Pierce (wife of Cyrus Pierce) born in Lincoln 1818, died in Concord 1894-age 76." Repeated on a label pasted on the botton of both shoes

Credit LineSusan Parks' Infant Shoes, unknown maker, Lincoln, Massachusetts, about 1818. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Philip R Connell and Kathleen Williams Families; 2016.1.1a, b.

Object number2016.1.15B

DescriptionPair of child's shoes, leather, early 19th century (2016.1.15a and b). Slippers. Holes present around the collar for buckles. The leather has been blackened on the upper section of the shoes while the soles have been left their natural leather color. These were the first shoes worn by Susan Parks Pierce (wife of Cyrus Pierce).