Wooden two drawer cobblers bench including a rare fully adjustable, rotational Johnsons of Burnley shoe last vice, and forged shoe last rack.
Complete with paired cast iron shoe last sets and cobblers hammers. Last sizes; 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & x3 heel lasts.
Original worn “K-Boots” bench top decorative cobblers tegument.
Signs of wear due to its age give an insight into its former functional life and provide the bench with an attractive worn look. Historic worm in a few places most noticeably in the lower legs. Also on the front face of the lower drawer, and the r/h side of the last vice block. All has been treated with no signs of new activity.
This fantastic item spent its working life used by a cobbler in Lewes near Brighton from the early 1920's and still stands firm today.
A great piece of genuine vintage industrial workshop furniture. Fitting for use as a retail shop display, home storage/ decorative use, or for any aspiring cobbler.
Height stated below includes the iron last rack. Table top bench height: 74.5cm
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