On View
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Dateca. 1860
Terms
- Combs
- Steel
- Tortoise Shell
- Europe
Dimensions10.15 × 10.15 cm (4 × 4 in.)
Markings"Antique Tortoise Shell Dress Comb with old stars on decorative balls of graded size - [illegible] comb. The comb belonged to family of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett, Concord, Mass. Date of 1860."
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1861
DescriptionTortoise shell hair comb, for dress occasions. Decorated with 11 balls of graded sizes, inlaid with star spangles made of steel. Fourth tooth from left is broken. Mounted with black string on cardstock, upon which the donor described the souvenir.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
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