I'm being good and going to a religious site...Oh look! Shoes!

[isabelladangelo]

According to the museum, these shoes once belong to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton - the first American born saint to be canonized. I have no idea why they have an "L" on them (maybe they belonged to someone else later or before?) but they look to be from the 1790's. (St. E. Seton was born in 1774, so very probable that she wore these or something like them) I have a few more pictures up on ipernity if anyone wants to see some of the details. They do have a stacked heel.

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[marcine.livejournal.com]

It looks like an L to our modern eyes, but that is actually an S on the toe. Look at Bickman's penmanship -- bottom of this shows an S like what is on the shoe http://www.davidsongalleries.com/artists/bickham/bickham.php. You see that style of S in hand written letters, too.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This makes far more sense. She was married on Jan 25 1794, so the shoes were probably made either for the wedding or after that.