Top hat
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Beaver, Textile, Tin
Measurements
300 mm (Width) x 223 mm (Depth); 205 mm (Length)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 548961
Summary
Brown beaver fur top hat with brown ribbon at junction of rim. Found inside oval tin hat box with hinged lid. Swing handle at top of lid. Exterior of tin painted flesh coloured. Handwritten label on lid, inscribed 'Oval hat block 1817 other note re. cleaning found inside'.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
OVAL HAT BLOCK 1817 other note re. cleaning found inside (label on lid)