Edgar Richard Mayne's Australian cricket team cap

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Type: Caps
Place: London, England
Materials: Textile - non specific
Collection: Nanette Ward collection
Accession number: 1986.0001.0023

Description

An Australian cricket team, bottle green, peaked cricket cap made from finely woven twill wool fabric. The Australian Coat of Arms has been embroidered on the cap with green, red and gold metallic and silk thread above peak. The coat of arms is in poor condition with evidence of insect attack in this area. The stiffener in the peak of the cap has broken in the centre and there is a button missing from the top of the cap. The cap is frayed and discoloured. The manufacturers label inside the cap reads "ATHLETIC CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS / EST 1865 / GEO LEWIN & CO / 8 CROOKED LANE / LONDON BRIDGE E.C. / MADE FOR ", then handwritten in ink " E.R. MAYNE".

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