British beaverskin Top Hat, Townend & Co, c. 1880

$155.00 AUD

British beaverskin top hat, with fur outer bound with black ribbon,

marked to the top “Thos. Townsend & Co. / London” with Royal Arms & Crown, also ‘Established 1778’.

Circa 1880

 

head-hole 20×15.5cm, brim 30.5x26cm, 13cm high

Condition: some wear to edges & signs of age, slight wrinkles to the sides, displays well, interior kidskin lining is stained, silk lining is perished & fragile

Townend & Co was a larger ‘hatter’ of the mid-Victorian period, and boasted of multiple London outlets in fashionable streets. They also called themselves ‘Hatters to the Royal Family’.

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