Regency Advertisements: Cheapest House for Boots and Shoes

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Cheapest House in London for the best ManuBlack factured BOOTS AND SHOES Equal to any bespoke No 60 St Murtin's le Grand three doors from the Castle and Falcon Hotel T BRADSHAW respectfully returns his most sin cere thanks to his Friends and the Public for the very liberal Encouragement he has hitherto met with and assures them no effort in his power shall be wanting to merit a continuance of the same At the saine tinie particularly informs them he has just manufactured a fashionable and prime assor ment of the follossing Articles calculated for the present and ensuing Season viz Prime Calf Leather Jockey Boots 1 16 0 Black Strap Three quarter Boots 1 14 Best Calf Hessian Boots 1 15 0 Cordovan Boots Ditto Jockey Boots 1 10 0 Gentlemen's Strong Shoes 0 9 A great variety of neat ditto 0 7 6 An extensive Assortment of Ladies Kid Morocco Jean and Velvet Slippers of every description from 45 6d per pair and upwards Anxious to give the utmost satisfaction he is pardesire ticularly careful in manufacturing every Article under his own Inspection and as the establishment of this depends upon the quality of the Arti le a single trial will convince a disceming Public that his Boots and Shoes are Superior to any bespoke NB A great Assortinent of Boys and Children's Shoes Shooting Gaiters Black Cloch ditto Japan & c Merchants Captains and others supplied on the Notice 0 1 5 0 0

This ad appeared in the October 1806 issue of La Belle Assemblee.

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2 Responses to Regency Advertisements: Cheapest House for Boots and Shoes

  1. Michelle H says:
    January 18, 2022 at 8:12 pm

    This ad is eye-opening isn’t it. Unfortunately I don’t know the current values of those prices. But the fact that they mention the boots and shoes equal to bespoke and the cheapest in town for manufactured shoes makes me think of so many more aspects of dress in that era. Everyone needs shoes. And there were plenty of different levels within the ton. Not everyone could afford to dress like Mr. Darcy. But that’s just the ton. Nearly every profession or successful tradesman and their sons needed to be decked out in as genteel a fashion as they could afford.