Black beaver skin top hat in leather case; black ribbon around base of hat; brown leather case hat-shaped w/ flat round cover w/ handle on top and broken strap across center of top.
top hats
headgear
beaver (animal)
skin (collagenous material)
leather
Beaver
Leather
HAT, TOP
Printed inside hat: ""Bent & Bush/ Boston""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Bent & Bush
Unknown
6.5 x 10 x 12 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4776A-C
Massachusetts (United States)
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