Date:1850 - 1890 (c.)
Description:Hat making was a prime industry Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Victorian period. This top hat was produced in Newcastle at during the 19th century. You very rarely see anyone wearing a top hat today exept perhaps at a wedding or other formal occasion. But during the nineteenth century most men wore a top hat.
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Image courtesy of: Mrs Jones
Donor ref:NM.1997.144® (22/27724)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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