For Sale: Antique Lincoln Bennett Black Silk Top Hat Sz 7½+ with leather carrying box RARE Example, costing £3500 from Lock & Co in 2007
I understand that Silk Top Hats ceased being made in 1956 due to the closure of a factory in France that produced this special type of silk, making good examples increasingly scarce.
The Hat fits approx size 7½ - 7 5/8 head (marked for 7 5/8 on Lock & co receipt - see photo 7) and stands 5½” high with leather carrying box. The hole for your head is 8¼” at widest, 6 3/4” at narrowest & 24½” around inner circumference.
Exterior: The hat is in good condition, with a 1½” black material band around it, comes in leather carrying box.
Interior: Is silk lined & is in good condition with ED pinned on leather band. Inside the hat is marked “Lincoln Bennett & Co, Hatters, 162 Piccadilly, London.”
Would suit collector or Ascot racegoer alike providing more of a talking point than a modern reproduction!
This hat is in good overall condition & will make an investment now & for the future. (350)
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