U-shaped hair comb of amber effect cellulose nitrate

Made:
1901-1910

U-shaped hair comb of amber effect cellulose nitrate, two teeth, formed from pod which is plano-convex in cross-section and widens round to form body which is decorated with twenty one brilliants, about 1900

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
1980-676/91
Materials:
comb, cellulose nitrate and stones, brilliant
type:
hair comb
credit:
Purchase (Roger Newport)