Man's hunting breeches
Category
Leatherwork
Date
1900
Materials
Brass, Buck skin, Buckskin, Chamois
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Killerton, Devon
NT 1363111
Summary
Pair of buckskin breeches, the outer leather surface treated with whiting, lined with chamois leather and with chamois leggings. Brass buttons to waist moulded 'Hammond and Co Oxford Street' ; white pearlised buttons to fly opening and calf openings. Marked inside 'E. Moorhouse Esq' and '5913'. 1900 (circa)
Provenance
worn by donor's father probably for hunting/country sports.
Marks and inscriptions
E. Moorhouse Esq 5913 (marked inside)