Hair comb: shell shaped w/ rhinestones

Classification: 
Date: 
1860-1910
Medium: 
Bakelite, rhinestone
Dimensions: 
overall (broken): 5 3/4 x 3 x 5/8 in. ( 14.6 x 7.6 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Bakelite hair comb resembling tortoise shell, with four prongs (all broken), the deep top with a series of arched rows of bakelite with openwork between, every other row is studded with rhinestones.
Object Number: 
INV.11706
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
8234
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Comb

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1890
Medium: 
Tortoise shell
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/8 x 6 x 1 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description: 
Tortoise shell hair comb with twenty-five teeth, plain, deep horizontal top.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marion L. Dielman
Object Number: 
1939.541
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
8233
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: plain

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1875
Medium: 
Tortoise shell
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 3/8 x 6 3/8 x 2 in. ( 18.7 x 16.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
Tortoise shell hair comb with six extant spiked teeth, the top is deep and flairs towards the top, with rounded corners.
Object Number: 
INV.7646
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
8232
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: plain

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1875
Medium: 
Tortoise shell
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 3/8 x 6 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 11.1 x 17.5 x 4.1 cm )
Description: 
Tortoise shell hair comb with twenty-four extant teeth with a plain horizontal band across the top.
Object Number: 
INV.7649
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
8231
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: floral design

Classification: 
Date: 
1780-1810
Medium: 
Tortoise shell
Dimensions: 
overall (broken): 8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 18.7 x 3.8 cm )
Description: 
Tortoise shell comb (broken) with eleven teeth extant, the top is deep and flares slightly towards the top, the overall design is openwork floral and leaf with an urn-shaped image at the center, the edges are scalloped.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Forsyth Wickes
Object Number: 
1956.30a
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1810
eMuseum Object ID: 
8230
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: crown design

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1880
Medium: 
Tortoise shell
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 13 x 11.7 x 3.5 cm )
Description: 
Tortoise shell hair comb with seven spiked teeth, the top resembles a tiarra, with alternating knobs and fleur-de-lis across the top, above a band of leaves.
Credit Line: 
Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number: 
1944.90
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
8228
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: floral design

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1880
Medium: 
Tortoise shell
Dimensions: 
overall (broken): 7 3/8 x 7 x 2 5/8 in. ( 18.7 x 17.8 x 6.7 cm )
Description: 
Tortoise shell hair comb with fourteen widely spaced teeth, the top is deep and has an overall foliate design with sawtooth edges from the shape of the acanthus leaves.
Object Number: 
INV.7647
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
8229
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: 2-pronged w/rhinestones

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Tortoise shell, rhinestone
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. ( 9.5 x 4.1 x 1 cm )
Description: 
Two-pronged tortoise shell hairpin with curved top having two rows of rhinestones going around the top.
Object Number: 
INV.11713
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
8227
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb: 2-prong w/crown shape

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Metal, rhinestone
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13.3 x 4.1 x 0.6 cm )
Description: 
Hairpin with two wire prongs, the top is decorated with a crown studded with glass rhinestones.
Object Number: 
INV.11716
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
8226
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hair comb-crown design

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1880
Medium: 
Jet, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 5/8 x 5 x 5/8 in. ( 11.7 x 12.7 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Black jet hair comb with seventeen teeth, the top is applied to the comb with metal screws from the back side, the top is slightly arched with a row of pointed lozenges across, set above three rows of an alternating circle-square patterns.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Forsyth Wickes
Object Number: 
1956.30c
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
8225
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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