Identity area
Reference code
2020.24.3
Title
Jockey Silks Cap
Date(s)
- undated [1860-1900] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1
Context area
Name of creator
(nd [1862-1891])
Administrative history
Samuel Merry of 21 St James's Street, London is listed in the International Exhibition of 1862: The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, Volume 2: British Division as suppliers of 'Harness, bridles, saddles, and horse clothing'. In the Kelly's Post Office London Directory of 1891, p. 1186, Samuel Merry & Co. are listed as saddlers, at 21 St James' St, S.W.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Peaked cap made of bright red silk and lined in cream twill cotton with a large flat button covered in red silk at the top of the crown. It matches a jockey silks jacket in brown and red. The crown is made of six triangular shaped pieces with piped edges and around the bottom edge is a channel for a draw cord. The cord is made of red silk. The lining is heavily stained from wear and has a central patch which has been stamped in black ink with the makers label: a coat of arms over an oval with 'S. MERR_ & Co / Saddlers / 21 St James's St / London'.