Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, six teeth.
Date: 1870-1910
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 103071
Accession Number: 1955.32
Black celluloid back comb with a pierced scroll and floral design at top set with faceted jet beads, five teeth.
Date: 1890-1910
GUSN: 103072
Accession Number: 1955.31
Blonde celluloid back comb with a flared pierced top featuring scrolls and set with round faceted colorless glass stones, four teeth.
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 103073
Accession Number: 1946.843
Celluloid back comb with a fan shaped pierced top set with round faceted glass stones, four teeth.
GUSN: 103074
Accession Number: 1993.372
Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved top featuring carved relief cornucopia and grape bunches over a pierced star ground, and carved and pierced foliate edge, thirteen teeth (one missing).
Date: 1825-1850
GUSN: 103075
Accession Number: 1973.2
Horn comb in the form of a moth with a six tooth hinged comb on reverse.
Date: 1870
Maker: Brow, Elias (Inventor)
GUSN: 103076
Accession Number: 1917.192
Double sided bone comb with very fine teeth.
Date: 1800-1820
GUSN: 103077
Accession Number: 1917.945
Brass back comb with rounded top and nine teeth.
Date: 1800-1825
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103078
Accession Number: 1917.1288
Curved tortoiseshell back comb with an abstract carved and pierced scrolled foliate design at top, multiple teeth (one missing).
Date: 1825-1840
GUSN: 103080
Accession Number: 1920.538
Curved horn side comb with straight square top and multiple teeth.
GUSN: 103081
Accession Number: 1920.539
Small gilded metal side comb with three rosettes and a wavy border at top, fifteen teeth.
GUSN: 103082
Accession Number: 1920.540
Bone jack knife style pocket comb with a vulcanite case featuring a cornucopia, eagle with shield and spray of flowers in relief on one side, and a standing George Washington in relief on the other.
Date: 1850-1873
GUSN: 103083
Accession Number: 1921.177
Pair of horn side combs with folded over tops featuring a pierced abstract shape and carved scroll line design, thirty-two teeth on comb A, thirty-three teeth on comb B (one missing).
Date: 1860-1900
GUSN: 103084
Accession Number: 1925.563ab
Vulcanite back comb with a row of nine graduated ivory balls at top, eight teeth.
Date: 1860-1870
Material: vulcanite, ivory (tooth component)
GUSN: 103085
Accession Number: 1925.820
Celluloid hinged back comb with a flared wing shaped top featuring a pierced geometric design, center top set with a horn rosette, seven teeth.
Date: 1860-1880
Material: cellulosic
GUSN: 103086
Accession Number: 1927.967
Ivory back comb with a row of nine graduated balls at top, eight teeth.
GUSN: 103087
Accession Number: 1928.240
Pair of small rectangular side combs with multiple fine teeth.
Date: 1850-1900
GUSN: 103088
Accession Number: 1928.826ab
Vulcanite or hard rubber back comb in a horseshoe shape, eleven teeth.
Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)
GUSN: 103089
Accession Number: 1928.901
Tortoiseshell side comb with a molded curved top, multiple teeth.
Date: 1800-1899
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 103090
Accession Number: 1928.939
GUSN: 103091
Accession Number: 1928.941
Two metal bobby pins "Bob-Ettes" in original orange cardboard box.
Date: 1929
Maker: The Hump Hair Pin Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103092
Accession Number: 1929.441
Horn hinged back comb with a cut steel rosette bead top, seven teeth (one missing).
Date: 1860-1875
GUSN: 103093
Accession Number: 1929.500
Black vulcanite pocket comb with large teeth on left side and smaller teeth on right. "Mauchline Ware" wooden case printed with an image of The Flume at Franconia Notch, NH.
Date: ca. 1874
Material: sycamore (wood)
GUSN: 103094
Accession Number: 1929.1491AB
Sterling silver back comb with a crown shaped top featuring an engraved leaves in center, five teeth.
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 103095
Accession Number: 1929.1493
Pair of tortoiseshell side combs with pierced and carved scrolls at top, each have multiple teeth.
Date: 1950-1900
GUSN: 103096
Accession Number: 1932.1176ab
Celluloid hairpin with two folded leaves at top and a ridged ball at center, two prongs.
Date: 1870-90
GUSN: 103097
Accession Number: 1934.1228
Horn hinged back comb with seven teeth attached to a winding coil.
GUSN: 103098
Accession Number: 1934.1939
Pair of celluloid hairpins with gilt and set with cut colorless glass stones.
Date: 1880-1910
GUSN: 103099
Accession Number: 1935.251ab
Metal curved hairpin.
Material: metal
GUSN: 103100
Accession Number: 1935.1034
Dyed horn hairpin with pierced top, two prongs. Broken.
Date: 1870-1890
GUSN: 103101
Accession Number: 1935.1040
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced decorative top set with three jet balls and one faceted teardrop ball, two prongs.
Material: tortoise shell, jet (coal)
GUSN: 103102
Accession Number: 1935.1041
Vulcanite or hard rubber black hair comb with round top and thirteen teeth.
Maker: R.C. Co. Goodyear (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103103
Accession Number: 1935.1155
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolled heart design, two teeth (one broken).
Date: 1870-1880
GUSN: 103104
Accession Number: 1936.819
Tortoiseshell hairpin with molded twist top, two teeth.
GUSN: 103105
Accession Number: 1936.879
Imitation tortoiseshell celluloid barrette in a rectangle shape with a pierced Greek key design, metal clasp on reverse.
Material: cellulosic, metal
GUSN: 103106
Accession Number: 1937.956
Celluloid barrette in the shape of an arrow with pierced scroll decoration on the point and tail.
GUSN: 103107
Accession Number: 1937.957
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)
GUSN: 103115
Accession Number: 1938.940
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a round top and two shaped teeth.
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)
Material: steel (alloy)
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.
Date: 1825-1860
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
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 103120
Accession Number: 1940.207
Silver back comb with an openwork filigree swirled cone design, six teeth.
Date: 1850-1880
Maker: J.L. Bates & A.S. Jordan's (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103121
Accession Number: 1940.455a