Curved tortoiseshell comb with swirling pattern. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/2/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Curved tortoiseshell comb with swirling pattern. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/2/2006]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Essex
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Miss M.E. Bullock; PRM source Margaret F. Irvine
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1900
Date collected: By 1948
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Tortoiseshell Reptile, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 200 mm, Length: max 210 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1949.9.372
Research and responses: This object was included in a survey to identify Cellulose Nitrate in the Tortoiseshell combs found in the collection. This object was examined under x40 magnification. Granular pigmentation traveling through the depth of the object confirms the material as Tortoiseshell. [AH 13/10/2008]