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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

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