Celluloid hairpin imitating tortoiseshell with a square top and two teeth.
Date: 1870-1890
Maker: unknown
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)
Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)
GUSN: 103115
Accession Number: 1938.940
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a round top and two shaped teeth.
Date: 1850-1900
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)
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
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)
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 103121
Accession Number: 1940.455a
Six sided hair comb box with a paper label on front and blue paper sides with gold stars.
GUSN: 103122
Accession Number: 1940.455bc
Tortoiseshell rectangle barrette with pierced and carved abstract foliate scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
Date: 1860-1880
GUSN: 103123
Accession Number: 1940.586
Tortoiseshell v-shaped barrette with a carved and pierced scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
GUSN: 103124
Accession Number: 1940.587
Yellow celluloid back comb with a pierced brass mounting and three faceted round purple glass stones, twenty-four teeth (three missing).
Date: 1880-1910
Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103125
Accession Number: 1942.1138
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain molded folded over top, seven teeth.
Date: 1825-1870
GUSN: 103126
Accession Number: 1943.373
Tortoiseshell back comb with molded folded over top, half circles carved along inside edge, six teeth.
GUSN: 103127
Accession Number: 1943.374
Dyed horn hairpin with a pierced and carved round top featuring a single acorn, two teeth.
GUSN: 103128
Accession Number: 1943.375
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a carved and pierced endless knot top with a beaded edge, two teeth.
GUSN: 103129
Accession Number: 1944.174
Double sided wood hair comb.
Date: 1800-1899
GUSN: 103130
Accession Number: 1944.798
Pair of plain wood side combs that interlock together.
GUSN: 103131
Accession Number: 1944.799ab
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring grape bunches and leaves, ten teeth (one missing). In green shaped paper box.
Date: 1825-1850
GUSN: 103132
Accession Number: 1945.162ab
Tortoiseshell hairpin with round open top, two teeth.
GUSN: 103133
Accession Number: 2008.4.7
Shaped red paper hair comb box with gold border.
Date: 1860-1875
Maker: Wm. E. Abbott & Co. (Maker)
GUSN: 103134
Accession Number: 1955.108ab
Tortoiseshell back comb set with nine graduated ivory balls, eight teeth.
GUSN: 103135
Accession Number: 1955.109
Tortoiseshell back comb with folded over top with alternating points and pierced roundels, eight teeth.
GUSN: 103136
Accession Number: 1964.189
Horn back comb with silver filigree hinged top featuring seven graduated filigree balls, seven teeth.
GUSN: 103137
Accession Number: 1969.506
Tortoiseshell two sided hair comb with multiple small teeth.
Date: 1840-1880
GUSN: 103138
Accession Number: 1969.507
Three tortoiseshell hairpins, two plain, one with endless knot top, all have two teeth.
Date: 1860-1900
GUSN: 103139
Accession Number: 1969.508.1-.3
Pair of tortoiseshell side combs in the form of twisted serpents, each have six teeth, one is slightly smaller than the other.
GUSN: 103140
Accession Number: 1969.509.1-.2
Ivory double sided hair comb with multiple fine teeth.
Date: 1820-1870
GUSN: 103141
Accession Number: 1940.1008
Celluloid back comb in advanced stage of deterioration. Evidence of pierced trellis top.
GUSN: 103142
Accession Number: 1943.653
Celluloid hairpin with dark ball top, two teeth.
Date: 1860-1890
GUSN: 103143
Accession Number: 2008.4.1
Tortoiseshell hairpin in the shape of an ivy leaf with ball center, one twisted tooth.
GUSN: 103144
Accession Number: 2008.4.2
Dyed horn back comb with a plain square top and sixteen teeth
Date: 1820-1850
GUSN: 102994
Accession Number: 1920.529
Dyed horn back comb with a high plain square top and twenty-three teeth (one missing).
GUSN: 102995
Accession Number: 1934.505
Dyed horn back comb with a oval top and ten teeth (one missing).
GUSN: 102996
Accession Number: 1930.1685
GUSN: 102997
Accession Number: 1930.1686
Dyed horn back comb with a plain curved top with rounded corners and sixteen teeth (missing two).
GUSN: 102998
Accession Number: 1933.398
Horn back comb with a square top and dyed abstract flower and sun design, twenty-six teeth (two missing).
GUSN: 102999
Accession Number: 1936.472
Horn back comb with a square top and dyed abstract floral design, twenty-four teeth.
GUSN: 103000
Accession Number: 1936.565
Tortoiseshell back comb with carved pierced decoration featuring an urn at the center and surrounded by scrolling leaves, twenty teeth (one missing).
Date: 1780-1830
GUSN: 103001
Accession Number: 1955.22
Tortoiseshell back comb with carved and pierced top featuring floral and foliate decoration, twenty teeth.
Date: 1810-1840
GUSN: 103002
Accession Number: 1946.19
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring roundels and flowers at top, palms at the center and a chain of leaves and flowers at the bottom, twenty-four teeth.
GUSN: 103003
Accession Number: 1946.20
Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling foliate design, sixteen teeth.
GUSN: 103004
Accession Number: 1936.564
Horn back comb with a large flared top featuring molded arched rays and fourteen teeth.
Date: 1800-1840
GUSN: 103005
Accession Number: 1912.79
Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn at center and scrolled abstract foliage, seventeen teeth.
GUSN: 103006
Accession Number: 1968.136
Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring scrolling foliage, twelve teeth (three missing).
GUSN: 103007
Accession Number: 1944.843
Horn back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring an urn at the center and scrolling foliage and abstract flowers, thirteen teeth.
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 103008
Accession Number: 1936.882
Horn back comb with a top in three sections each featuring a carved and pierced floral design, ten teeth.
Date: 1780-1820
GUSN: 103009
Accession Number: 1934.202