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Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

Comb with 5 pronged heading

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1870 - 1929 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

Real Horn low backcomb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1870 - 1929 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the teeth on either side.

Large H-shaped nit comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 - 1969 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

Low backcomb with foliage decoration

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1890 - 1910 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

High backcomb with natural forms heading

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1870 - 1929 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the teeth on either side.

H-shaped waisted nit comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1870 - 1929 (circa)
Top view of a hairpin showing the squared top and two segmented teeth.

Chinoiserie style hairpin

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1900 (circa)
Top view of a hairpin showing the foliage top and two teeth.

Hairpin with acanthus leaf decoration

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1890 - 1910 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

Comb with bird engraved handle

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1980 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

Small grooming comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1980 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

Long-tailed grooming comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1980 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the heading and teeth.

Grooming comb with flower engraved handle

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1930 - 1999 (circa)

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Images

  • Has images 94

Classification

  • fashion and costume 41
  • health, care and grooming 25
  • house and garden 15
  • travel and holiday 7
  • animals and pets 3
  • office and workplace 2
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 2
  • smoking 1
  • textiles 1

Date

  • 1900-1999 94
    • 1900-1909 61
    • 1910-1919 57
    • 1920-1929 41
    • 1930-1939 33
    • 1940-1949 24
    • 1950-1959 27
    • 1960-1969 26
  • 1800-1899 36

Material

  • plastic (natural) 94
    • horn 93
  • metal 18
  • glass 9
  • unidentified 4
  • bristle 2
  • wood 1
  • other 1
  • mother of pearl 1
  • fur 1

Method

  • polished 94
  • shaved 78
  • cut 71
  • filed 61
  • pressed 52
  • hollowed out 18
  • turned 10
  • hand finished 7
  • engraved 4
  • carved 3
  • moulded 2
  • drilled 1
  • stained 1

Person

  • U 94

Organisation

  • U 94
  • J 3
  • S 1

Country

  • unknown 50
  • uk 10
  • china 6
  • indonesia 5
  • japan 3
  • france 1
  • malaya 1
  • spain 1

Colour

  • brown 70
  • cream 40
  • black 19
  • silver 11
  • green 6
  • colourless 5
  • grey 5
  • red 5
  • blue 4
  • gold 3
  • white 3

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