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Tortise shell hair comb, medium-large rounded-back form, the top centered with pot out of which scrolls circular leafage backed with tiny stars, above another horizontal partition with foliate scrolls, all above 17 long teeth (three missing), repairs.
combs (hair ornaments)
hair accessories
carving (processes)
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
molding (forming)
tortoise shell
Empire (style)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
Molded
Carved
Etched
Empire
Foliate
Shell
COMB
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
6.5 x 5.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1638
Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly
Title Comb Box Lid Accession Number 1991.1636A
Title Comb Box Accession Number 1991.1636B
Title Hair Comb Accession Number 1991.1637
Title Accession Number
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