Hairbrush
Mappin and Webb Ltd.
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
1914 (circa)
Materials
Hair, Ivory
Measurements
75 mm (Width); 137 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Oxford Street
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886463.1
Summary
Brush; Hairbrush - Mappin and Webb ivory backed hairbrush monogrammed TCAR from a set of two hair brushes and two clothes brushes. Some deterioration and marking of the ivory and bristles missing from centre of brush. Part of the contents of Captain The Hon. Thomas (Tommy) Agar-Robartes's dressing case (LAN.L.131) which was sent back from France after his death in 1915.
Provenance
Part of the contents of Tommy Agar-Robartes's dressing case (LAN.L.131) which is thought to have been sent back from France after his death in 1915.
Marks and inscriptions
MAPPIN AND WEBB LIMD/OXFORD ST.
Makers and roles
Mappin and Webb Ltd. , retailer