Rectangular wooden case containing comb and tortoiseshell pins

Made:
1750-1850

Rectangular wooden case containing a lacquered wooden comb and 6 carved tortoiseshell hair pins, Japanese, 1750-1850

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A198825
Materials:
wood, brass and cotton, cloth
type:
hair ornament sets
credit:
Glendining

Parts

Decorated hair pins

Decorated hair pins

6 tortoiseshell hair pins, one is forked, the other 5 are not but have carved tortoiseshell decorations, Japanese, 1750-1850

Measurements:
overall: 15 mm,
Materials:
tortoiseshell and complete
Object Number:
A198825 Pt2
type:
hair pin
Case for comb and hair pins

Case for comb and hair pins

Rectangular wooden case for lacquered wooden comb and 6 carved tortoiseshell hair pins, Japanese, 1750-1850

Measurements:
overall: 226 mm x 163 mm x 59 mm,
Materials:
wood , brass , cotton and complete
Object Number:
A198825 Pt3
type:
hair ornament