Top hat
Swears and Wells Ltd
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Textile
Measurements
145 mm (Height); 280 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Regent Street
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886216
Summary
Top hat from Swears and Wells Limited, 190 and 192 Regent Street, London, belonging to the Hon. C.E. Agar-Robartes.
Provenance
a gift from Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave the house to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(on lining) SEARS AND WELLS, LTD./190 and 192, REGENT STREET,/LONDON.(underlined)/BY APPOINTMENT TO/H.M.THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY./T.R.H.THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES./H.R.H.THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA./H.R.H.THE PRINCESS LOUIS OF HESSE./H.R.H.THE PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN./H.R.H.THE PRINCESS OF TECK./H.R.ANDI.H.THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH./H.I.H.THE CESAREVNA OF RUSSIA./H.S.H.THE PRINESS METTERNICH./AND THE LEADING FAMILIES IN/EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA AND AMERICA.
Makers and roles
Swears and Wells Ltd, hatter