Hair
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Hair and paper
Measurements
48 x 34 mm
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932263.2
Summary
Lock of hair belonging to Roger Grey, later 10th Earl of Stamford, aged 3, wrapped in a scrap piece of paper that is covered in ink blotches and has a handwritten note on it, 'Roger Hair / 30. Dec,er. 1899 / aged 3. 2'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Roger Hair / 30. Dec,er. 1899 / aged 3. 2. ... (handwritten in ink on the paper in which the hair is wrapped. The word Hair is written in a different ink. The end of the writing is obscured by an ink splodge).