CHILD'S SHOES. This small pair of child's leather shoes, eighteenth century, was discovered hidden above a wall during renovations of a local cottage. Inside the shoes was a small wrap of seeds. Why were they there? Were they owned by a favoured child, a child lost to its parents early in life, or as a right of fertility? There are so many thoughts and questions these every day objects provoke.
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