Hair brush
Finnigans
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
1916 - 1917
Materials
Ivory and bristle
Measurements
77 mm (Width); 138 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Manchester
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 931699.3.6
Summary
One of two oval ivory-backed hair brushes with cream bristles and featuring an earl's coronet stamped in black on the back (now badly faded); contained in a bespoke compartment on the right hand side of travelling case DUN/L/6, one of several ivory items belonging in tan crocodile skin travelling case by Finnigans, Manchester, c. 1917, each contained within bespoke compartments.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Finnigans, manufacturer