Object number
62/41
Description
This is a cream embroidered silk cravat. It may date from the second half of the nineteenth century.
This is a cream embroidered silk cravat. It may date from the second half of the nineteenth century.
Physical description
1 cravet: silk
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'CRAVAT // see form // cream embroidered silk cravat.', MERL Recording form – 'Additional information // Gentleman's Cravat. No ideas about this except that as it was wrapped up in tissue paper among my mother's treasures it may have belonged to either her father or her grandfather. If this is correct, it is over 100 years old. // Carving Set. Do not know how old this is but has carved daily for four generations. // Queen Victoria Glass. Belonged to my Father. Cracked when bombs fell on Reading. // Toy in Box. // This, plus some Brandy Snaps, was my first "fairing" from Banbury Fair October 1911. // Victorian "moustache" cup. Belonged either to my Father or his Father.'
Production date
1850-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Nineteenth century, second half
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