A most unusual 20th-century French hat-maker's head-measurer, of top hat form, an engraved mother-of-pearl plaque on the crown for GAUTHIER & DEPRAT F CANTS PARIS , a gilt-printed leather label inside with a crest and Gauthier & Deprat FABRICANTS PARIS , the hat in the form of 48 ebonised wooden bars, spring-loaded around the edge of the rim and with spiked ends to read off a paper template placed beneath the hinged and cork-lined crown, the centre further engraved with the makers' details -- 13in. (33cm.) long ; with a baluster-turned and ebonised display stand See Colour Illustrations
A most unusual 20th-century French hat-maker's head-measurer, of top hat form, an engraved mother-of-pearl plaque on the crown for GAUTHIER & DEPRAT F CANTS PARIS , a gilt-printed leather label inside with a crest and Gauthier & Deprat FABRICANTS PARIS , the hat in the form of 48 ebonised wooden bars, spring-loaded around the edge of the rim and with spiked ends to read off a paper template placed beneath the hinged and cork-lined crown, the centre further engraved with the makers' details -- 13in. (33cm.) long ; with a baluster-turned and ebonised display stand See Colour Illustrations
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