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LOT 1962
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
VICTORIAN BRASS LADY'S SKIRT LIFTER
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (36.5 grams, 94 mm).
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (36.5 grams, 94 mm).
The Eureka brass skirt lifter, fitted with a quick release mechanism, by H. Knight and Co, with the design registered in 1877 and bearing the UK Registration Mark. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection formed before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
FOOTNOTES:
This item would have been fastened to the hem of a long skirt and linked to the waist; the wearer would use it to discreetly hold her dress hem clear of the ground to keep her dress clean, especially when climbing stairs or entering/leaving a carriage.
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