Hair powder bellows
Date1760-1790
OriginEngland
MediumLeather; iron/steel; gauze; fruitwood.
DimensionsOH: 6 1/4"; ODiam(base): 3 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1994-33
DescriptionHair powder bellows in the form of a graduated leather coil with gauze-covered aperture and detachable turned fruitwood base with incised decoration. Gauze may be an in-use replacement for a nozzle of some type, now missing, since aperture appears to be threaded.ProvenanceUnknown
1825-1826
1820-1840
1780-1800
1780-1789
1780-1789
1760-1775
Ca. 1825
1840-1850 (dress); textile ca. 1750