A Late 18thC Whale Bone & Ebony Wig Scratcher c.1780 sub-Curios but all is consummate with

but all is consummate with age with a card that has been in use for exactly one hundred and twenty five years

The bases have losses so new stands could be made for them if so desired or the base ends could be partially restored if one wanted

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

modelled as two clowns

That skim the wave or soar in space

A Late 18thC Whale Bone & Ebony Wig Scratcher c.1780 sub-Curios but all is consummate withOrigin: 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