A Late 18thC Whale Bone & Ebony Wig Scratcher c.1780 sub-Curios modelled as two clowns

modelled as two clowns

The seat rushing is in stable order whilst the carpet panel back is perishing at the edges slightly but

In late 1828 his tuberculosis worsened and his parents sent him back to London for treatment

with the fleur-de-lys carving and the material used

This is a particularly large example of which we’ve not seen the like of before to this scale

A Late 18thC Whale Bone & Ebony Wig Scratcher c.1780 sub-Curios modelled as two clownsOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 Length: 16 Width: 1 (at hand) The wonderfully tactile wig or back scratcher of particularly long size, the elegant hand crafted in whale bone to an ebony handle terminating in a knop, the whole surviving from the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The piece is in very good original order which is hard to find with examples of this type and has a superb patina. Large wigs were