Historic New England

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling foliage design, eleven teeth (one broken off).

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103025

Accession Number: 1936.563

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb in a lyre shaped with carved and pierced floral and foliate decoration, six teeth.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103026

Accession Number: 1937.895

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with crown shaped top, carved rosette and flower design, and a border of inset faux pearls, thirteen teeth.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103027

Accession Number: 1920.528

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with an abstract fleur de lis shaped top, ten teeth.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103028

Accession Number: 1920.530

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with pierced and carved top featuring two peacocks and a floral border, thirty-five teeth.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103029

Accession Number: 1920.536

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a pierced trellis design top terminating in a crown of carved balls, eight teeth (one missing).

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103030

Accession Number: 1922.183

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced scroll loop design at top, ten teeth.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103031

Accession Number: 1922.673.1

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced scroll loop design at top, ten teeth.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103032

Accession Number: 1922.673.2

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a frieze of flowers and a abstract foliage border, forty-one teeth.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103033

Accession Number: 1924.178

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of leaves framed by a circle border, six teeth.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103034

Accession Number: 1924.672

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a linked chain design, eight teeth.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103035

Accession Number: 1928.256

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of roundels with small pierced stars, nine teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103036

Accession Number: 1928.936

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an abstract scroll of foliage design, fifty-two teeth (two missing)

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103037

Accession Number: 1928.937

Set of Hair Combs

Three tortoiseshell side combs, two big one small, all feature a serpentine shaped top with a border of carved balls, all have twenty-three teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103038

Accession Number: 1935.250a-c

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a serpentine shaped top, twelve teeth.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103039

Accession Number: 1930.1687

Hair Comb

This tortoiseshell back comb is decorated with a carved and pierced top featuring a scrolled trellis design with foliage.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103040

Accession Number: 1931.1579

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a double loop design, nine teeth (two missing)

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103041

Accession Number: 1934.1225

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced round top featuring a vine of grape bunches and leaves, eleven teeth (three missing)

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103042

Accession Number: 1934.1226

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a continuous loop design, eight teeth (two missing).

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103043

Accession Number: 1934.1227

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a twisted foliate scroll design, ten teeth.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103044

Accession Number: 1936.816

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a berry and leaf design, dyed with red stripes to imitate tortoiseshell, two teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103045

Accession Number: 1935.1037

Hair Comb

Celluloid back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring two rows of a baluster design, eight teeth.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103046

Accession Number: 1935.1038

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, seven teeth.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103047

Accession Number: 1935.1531

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolling foliate design, thirty-two teeth (one missing).

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103048

Accession Number: 1935.1532

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a pointed crown design, eight teeth (two missing).

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103049

Accession Number: 1935.1535

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced featuring a design of five abstract foliate bunches, multiple small teeth (many missing).

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103050

Accession Number: 1936.474

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with round carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling vine with grape bunches and flowers, eight teeth.

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103051

Accession Number: 1936.475

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb carved in a continuous loop design.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103052

Accession Number: 1936.476

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a round carved and pierced top featuring a floral and leaf design, six teeth.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 103053

Accession Number: 1936.880

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved carved and pierced top featuring an abstract three dimensional scroll design, ten teeth.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103054

Accession Number: 1938.941

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top with a three dimensional twisted scroll design, nine teeth.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103055

Accession Number: 1938.942

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with carved flutes and a scalloped edged top, seven teeth.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103056

Accession Number: 1940.585

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with seven ovals at top each inlaid in center with a silver sprig of grape leaves and a bunch of gold grapes and surrounded by a gold piqué posé wave border, eight teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103057

Accession Number: 1941.1113

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a double row of scrolling foliage, thirteen teeth.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103058

Accession Number: 1943.652

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring five abstract leaves, seven teeth.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103059

Accession Number: 1943.654

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a curved continuous chain, eight teeth.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103060

Accession Number: 1944.175

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a three dimensional coil design, eleven teeth.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103061

Accession Number: 1945.29

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a plain round top and seven teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103062

Accession Number: 2008.4.6

Hair Comb

Black vulcanite back comb with openwork top and jagged edge, eight teeth.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103063

Accession Number: 1946.491

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a row of pierced crescent moons at top, seven teeth.

Date: 1830-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103064

Accession Number: 1946.492

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of abstract foliage, twenty-five teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103065

Accession Number: 1920.531

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring flowers within roundels and a row of diamonds, eighteen teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103066

Accession Number: 1920.535

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of flowers and scrolling foliage, twenty-nine teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103067

Accession Number: 1928.938

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring scrolling flowers and foliage, forty-two teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103068

Accession Number: 1924.177

Mother of pearl back comb featuring on the front an scene of Asian men having tea under the trees on the left and two men in a garden on the right. The center of the comb features a shield shape with the monogram "DLR." The reverse is decorated with a floral design.

Date: ca. 1807

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl

GUSN: 103069

Accession Number: 1930.1656