✅ SOLVED Steel/Iron Loop Thing?

[CRUSADER]

Any ideas on the thing next to the stirrup?

 

[Silver Searcher]

Foot Pattern...

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[CRUSADER]

Foot Pattern...

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Thats exactly what I said to Land-Mag when he came over to walk his dog. Although it was a guess because it looked a little different from others I had seen.

What date is it?

 

[Silver Searcher]

Thats exactly what I said to Land-Mag when he came over to walk his dog. Although it was a guess because it looked a little different from others I had seen.

What date is it?

They date from 1650....post medieval, never found or seen one, so a good find

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[CRUSADER]

They date from 1650....post medieval, never found or seen one, so a good find

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I was going to guess 18th C with most the other finds, but its right next to the village Church & has plenty of earthworks.

 

[Silver Searcher]

I was going to guess 18th C with most the other finds, but its right next to the village Church & has plenty of earthworks.

18thc fits right in, think they went out of fashion in the 1900s..

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[aquachigger]

Whoa there Nelly. What the heck is a "foot pattern"? I think I have one of those, but still don't really know what it is. I couldn't find anything in a search either

Foot Pattern...

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[Silver Searcher]

Whoa there Nelly. What the heck is a "foot pattern"? I think I have one of those, but still don't really know what it is. I couldn't find anything in a search either

Ooop's I should have realised you boys and girls over there might not have heard about them..A foot patten comprises the iron ring, a wooden platform (to which the ring is attached), and a fabric or leather toe-piece and sides. The pattens were fitted to the underside of the wearer’s shoes and held in position by laces. They were worn to protect the shoes from mud and surface water.

Wikipedia...A later pattern of patten which seems to date from the 17th century, and then became the most common, had a flat metal ring which made contact with the ground, attached to a metal plate nailed into the wooden sole via connecting metal, often creating a platform of by several inches (more than 7 centimetres).[SUP][5][/SUP] By this time men's shoes had thicker soles and the wealthier males (the gentry or gentlemen) commonly wore high riding boots, thus pattens seem only to have been worn by women and working-class men in outdoor occupations. Since dress hems extended down to the feet for most of this period, it was necessary to raise the hem above the ground to keep the dress clean even in well-swept and paved streets. The motto of the London Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers, the former representative guild for this trade, was and remains: Recipiunt Fœminæ Sustentacula Nobis, Latin for Women Receive Support From Us. The 19th century invention of cheap rubber galoshes gradually displaced the patten, as did the widespread use of urban paving, especially elevated, paved pathways only for pedestrians- the now ubiquitous pavements or hard road surfaces.

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[aquachigger]

What I would give to go back in time and see people tottering about on those things! Thanks for the info, the Wiki images were worth there weight in gold. I learned something totally new with this. Thanks and well done.

Ooop's I should have realised you boys and girls over there might not have heard about them..A foot patten comprises the iron ring, a wooden platform (to which the ring is attached), and a fabric or leather toe-piece and sides. The pattens were fitted to the underside of the wearer’s shoes and held in position by laces. They were worn to protect the shoes from mud and surface water.

Wikipedia...A later pattern of patten which seems to date from the 17th century, and then became the most common, had a flat metal ring which made contact with the ground, attached to a metal plate nailed into the wooden sole via connecting metal, often creating a platform of by several inches (more than 7 centimetres).[SUP][5][/SUP] By this time men's shoes had thicker soles and the wealthier males (the gentry or gentlemen) commonly wore high riding boots, thus pattens seem only to have been worn by women and working-class men in outdoor occupations. Since dress hems extended down to the feet for most of this period, it was necessary to raise the hem above the ground to keep the dress clean even in well-swept and paved streets. The motto of the London Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers, the former representative guild for this trade, was and remains: Recipiunt Fœminæ Sustentacula Nobis, Latin for Women Receive Support From Us. The 19th century invention of cheap rubber galoshes gradually displaced the patten, as did the widespread use of urban paving, especially elevated, paved pathways only for pedestrians- the now ubiquitous pavements or hard road surfaces.

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[Gunrunner61]

AC, I'm glad you asked that, Hell I could not see any kinda of patern at all on that thing at all............LOL..........................HH

 

[cudamark]

Interesting......my first impression was that it was part of a small animal trap. I never hear of foot patterns either! Learn something everyday here.