'Made in England' stamped on hat and hatbox. Name of maker unknown.

Made in c.1945 and used up until c.1960.

Used by the Hon Justice Wilfred Dovey. Worn by him to Randwick Racecourse when his horse Jan's Image won the flight Stakes in the early 1950s. Worn with a morning suit.
The hat was made in England to be sold in Sydney by R Hunt & Co Pty Ltd of 314 George Street Sydney (in c.1945). It was purchased by Justice Wilfred Dovey and then passed on to his daughter Margaret Whitlam (m Gough Whitlam 1942).

Top hat and box, mens, fur felt /cardboard, maker unknown, England, [1945].

Grey fur felt top hat with tall crown flaring slightly towards the top and trimmed with black felt hat band. The narrow brim has an upturned edge trimmed with grey gros grain. Lined with cram silk and it has a light grey leatherette hatband with a small cram bow at centre back. Printed on lining: 'FUR/MADE IN ENGLAND/EXPRESSLTY FOR/RICHARD HUNT & CO/314 George Street,/SYDNEY'. Impressed on band at centre front: 'Made in England'.

Oval cardboard hatbox with lid made of cream cardboard covered with pink paper trimmed with black at bottom edge and top edge of lid. Handwritten on lid 'DOVEY/Melbourne.'. On box in white: '2'.

Made: England; 1945


Used: Dovey, Wilfred Robert; Australia

Owned: R Hunt & Co Pty Ltd; Sydney

Printed on lining of hat: 'FUR/MADE IN ENGLAND/EXPRESSLY FOR/RICHARD HUNT & CO/314, George Steet,/SYDNEY. Impressed in hatband: 'Made in England'. Handwritten on lid: 'DOVEY/Melbourne'. Handwritten in white on box: '2'.

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1945