Top hat
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile and metal
Measurements
145 x 248 mm; 308 mm (Length)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 17227.1
Summary
Collapsible tlack top hat with black ribbon tied in a side bow around the base of the hat. Hat lined with black band above beige band. Small white bow at back where two bands meet. The maker's mark partly obscured by a round hat size label reading, 7 1/8. Makers mark reads, OLD / BOND STREET / LONDON. The mark surmounted by a lion, unicorn and oval crowned sheild. Above this a faint brown letter, G.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.