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Child's Ice Skates
Child's Ice Skates

Child's Ice Skates

ShoemakerMade by S.S.S. Japanese
Dateabout 1965
MediumMachine-stitched leather, cotton, and vinyl, with metal grommets, steel blades and cotton shoelaces tipped in plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 5 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 8 5/8in. (13.7 x 6.4 x 21.9cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Richard Koopman
DescriptionBlack leather child's ankle-high training skates. The skates lace up the center front with a black plaited cotton shoelace through seven pairs of metal eyelets. The upper is seamed at center front and center back; the center front is designed so that the boot is open about an inch wide between the lacing; this area is backed by a matching leather tongue. The edges around the top of the boot and along the center front opening are bound with pale blue vinyl. The boot is lined with blue and white plaid twill-woven cotton fabric. The bottom of the inside of the boot is soft, spongy, black rubber (?). The boot is mounted on steel double blades.
Object number1995.30.19a,b
MarkingsStamped into the mount of the blade: "MADE IN / JAPAN" and "S.S.S".
Molded into the bottom of the sole at the waist: "10 / MADE IN JAPAN".
Subject Terms
    Collections
    • G. Fox & Co.
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1995.30.20a,b  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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