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
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
GUSN: 103033
Accession Number: 1924.178
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of leaves framed by a circle border, six teeth.
GUSN: 103034
Accession Number: 1924.672
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a linked chain design, eight teeth.
Date: 1870-1880
GUSN: 103035
Accession Number: 1928.256
Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of roundels with small pierced stars, nine teeth.
Date: 1820-1850
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 103036
Accession Number: 1928.936
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an abstract scroll of foliage design, fifty-two teeth (two missing)
GUSN: 103037
Accession Number: 1928.937
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
GUSN: 103038
Accession Number: 1935.250a-c
Horn back comb with a serpentine shaped top, twelve teeth.
Date: 1860-1890
GUSN: 103039
Accession Number: 1930.1687
This tortoiseshell back comb is decorated with a carved and pierced top featuring a scrolled trellis design with foliage.
Date: 1850-1890
GUSN: 103040
Accession Number: 1931.1579
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a double loop design, nine teeth (two missing)
GUSN: 103041
Accession Number: 1934.1225
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced round top featuring a vine of grape bunches and leaves, eleven teeth (three missing)
GUSN: 103042
Accession Number: 1934.1226
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a continuous loop design, eight teeth (two missing).
GUSN: 103043
Accession Number: 1934.1227
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a twisted foliate scroll design, ten teeth.
GUSN: 103044
Accession Number: 1936.816
Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a berry and leaf design, dyed with red stripes to imitate tortoiseshell, two teeth.
GUSN: 103045
Accession Number: 1935.1037
Celluloid back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring two rows of a baluster design, eight teeth.
Date: 1870-1890
GUSN: 103046
Accession Number: 1935.1038
Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, seven teeth.
Date: 1830-1860
GUSN: 103047
Accession Number: 1935.1531
Tortoiseshell side comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolling foliate design, thirty-two teeth (one missing).
Date: 1830-1850
GUSN: 103048
Accession Number: 1935.1532
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a pointed crown design, eight teeth (two missing).
GUSN: 103049
Accession Number: 1935.1535
Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced featuring a design of five abstract foliate bunches, multiple small teeth (many missing).
GUSN: 103050
Accession Number: 1936.474
Tortoiseshell back comb with round carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling vine with grape bunches and flowers, eight teeth.
Date: 1825-1860
GUSN: 103051
Accession Number: 1936.475
Tortoiseshell hair comb carved in a continuous loop design.
GUSN: 103052
Accession Number: 1936.476
Horn back comb with a round carved and pierced top featuring a floral and leaf design, six teeth.
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 103053
Accession Number: 1936.880
Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved carved and pierced top featuring an abstract three dimensional scroll design, ten teeth.
Date: 1850-1880
GUSN: 103054
Accession Number: 1938.941
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top with a three dimensional twisted scroll design, nine teeth.
GUSN: 103055
Accession Number: 1938.942
Tortoiseshell back comb with carved flutes and a scalloped edged top, seven teeth.
GUSN: 103056
Accession Number: 1940.585
Celluloid hairpin of one continuous loop, two teeth.
GUSN: 103108
Accession Number: 1937.959
Celluloid hairpin with square angled top, two teeth.
GUSN: 103109
Accession Number: 1937.960
Celluloid hairpin with a square angled top.
GUSN: 103110
Accession Number: 1937.961
Celluloid hairpin imitating tortoiseshell with a square top and two teeth.
GUSN: 103111
Accession Number: 1937.962
Celluloid hinged hair comb with a crescent top.
GUSN: 103112
Accession Number: 1937.958
Celluloid hairpin imitating tortoiseshell with square top with rounded corners, two teeth.
GUSN: 103113
Accession Number: 1937.963
Tortoiseshell hair pin with a pierced scroll design top, two shaped teeth.
Date: 1880-1890
GUSN: 103114
Accession Number: 1938.18
Black vulcanite or hard rubber back comb with a crescent shaped top with molded bumps, twelve teeth.
Date: 1851
Maker: I.R. Comb Co. (Manufacturer)
Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)
GUSN: 103115
Accession Number: 1938.940
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a round top and two shaped teeth.
Date: 1850-1900
GUSN: 103116
Accession Number: 1938.1161
Package of laminated steel hairpins wrapped in pink paper printed with the official seal of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the company trademark for Kirby, Beard & Co.. One pin secures paper.
Maker: Kirby, Beard & Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103117
Accession Number: 1939.651
Steel hairpins in original yellow paper packaging, manufacturing label on front.
Maker: D.F. Tayler & Cos. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103118
Accession Number: 1939.652
Tortoiseshell back comb with a folded over round top and pierced and carved border of scrolled foliage, five teeth.
GUSN: 103119
Accession Number: 1940.206
Dyed horn back comb with a folded over round top and pierced and carved border of scrolled foliage, seven teeth.
Date: 1835-1860
GUSN: 103120
Accession Number: 1940.207
Silver back comb with an openwork filigree swirled cone design, six teeth.
Maker: J.L. Bates & A.S. Jordan's (Manufacturer)
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 103121
Accession Number: 1940.455a
Six sided hair comb box with a paper label on front and blue paper sides with gold stars.
GUSN: 103122
Accession Number: 1940.455bc
Tortoiseshell rectangle barrette with pierced and carved abstract foliate scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
GUSN: 103123
Accession Number: 1940.586
Tortoiseshell v-shaped barrette with a carved and pierced scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
GUSN: 103124
Accession Number: 1940.587
Yellow celluloid back comb with a pierced brass mounting and three faceted round purple glass stones, twenty-four teeth (three missing).
Date: 1880-1910
Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103125
Accession Number: 1942.1138
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain molded folded over top, seven teeth.
Date: 1825-1870
GUSN: 103126
Accession Number: 1943.373
Tortoiseshell back comb with molded folded over top, half circles carved along inside edge, six teeth.
GUSN: 103127
Accession Number: 1943.374
Dyed horn hairpin with a pierced and carved round top featuring a single acorn, two teeth.
GUSN: 103128
Accession Number: 1943.375
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a carved and pierced endless knot top with a beaded edge, two teeth.
GUSN: 103129
Accession Number: 1944.174
Double sided wood hair comb.
Date: 1800-1899
GUSN: 103130
Accession Number: 1944.798
Pair of plain wood side combs that interlock together.
GUSN: 103131
Accession Number: 1944.799ab
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring grape bunches and leaves, ten teeth (one missing). In green shaped paper box.
Date: 1825-1850
GUSN: 103132
Accession Number: 1945.162ab