Top hat
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1907
Materials
Fabric, cardboard and silk
Measurements
240 mm (width); 160 mm (height); 310 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Birling Gap and Seven Sisters, East Sussex
NT 667463
Summary
A black fabric covered top hat with a black ribbon hat band tied in a bow. The cardboard brim is slightly torn at the front. The inside of the hat has a white silk and card insert at the top with a printed illustration of two lions and a crown inside. On the cardboard of the hat are the numbers '7, 1, 2, 8' and the initials 'EH.' At the very top of the inside of the hat is the date 'Nov. 07' printed in black ink. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside the hat: 'QUALITY FINEST / Superior / Manufacture / ALLA CORONA FILISSIMO / COPY RIGHT'