This is the later iteration of the No.1 Quality logo which we see mostly in 1950s examples. The tags and plastic crown protector support this. There is this interesting variant which might be late 1930s... unusual age for a hat with the later logo.
This is the later iteration of the No.1 Quality logo which we see mostly in 1950s examples. The tags and plastic crown protector support this. There is this interesting variant which might be late 1930s... unusual age for a hat with the later logo.
Nice one, Alan. Do you still have it?
Randall
No, I never owned this one... auction photos only, posted for reference. It's the only example in this early vintage I've come across.
Need help dating a disney twenty oxford with cav edge
Never leave your hat behind!- my Grandpa Sam
If you're going through hell, keep going...- Winston Churchill
The liner has a man and it says Mr. Disney. There is a reorder tag but I didn't get a pic of that its 7 3/4 long oval with the words decoratively stamped into the sweatband
Never leave your hat behind!- my Grandpa Sam
If you're going through hell, keep going...- Winston Churchill
Here is a hat I bought last week at Fríða Frænka, an antique shop in Reykjavik, Iceland. Sorry for my ignorance, I've never even owned a hat before and I only started learning about them here after I bought this one. Could you also guess at what a hat like this should cost? I want to know if I got a good deal or not.
It's a "soft" hat in that you can press in on the crown and it will indent a bit.
The white lining is sewn in with stitches of white thread.
Ribbon width: 4cm / just over 1.5in
Brim width: 5.5cm / 2.5in, measured from the underside to the point where the trimming/edging on the brim starts
Brim curl height: about 1.5cm / 1in (this is just where the edging curls up)
Crown height: about 11cm / 4.5in
Labelled hat size: (53) 3 - this should mean the hat(?) circumference is 53cm and the hat size is 3. Does this mean my head should be 53 or smaller than 53? Because my head is luckily 53, so no wonder it feels a little small.
markings: Chapean Mossant, 1ére Marque Française
importé par Haraldur Árnason, HA, Reykjavík
Qualité supérievre, Marque Déposée, Mossant, Espositions Vniverselles, Cinq grands prix
(I'm not embedding the images because I think they're too big for that. I'll edit this post tomorrow with a good photo of how the lining is sewn but right now it's too dark to take photos.)
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Last edited by kringlur; 05-22-2012 at 04:03 PM.
Very nice hat, and welcome to the Lounge!Originally Posted by kringlur
Yes, that's a gem!Very nice hat, and welcome to the Lounge!
You've come to the right place for answers to all of your hat questions. Enjoy!
Randall
Thank you! It was a little difficult getting registered because I didn't know you had to have a non-yahoo/gmail/etc. email, but I'm having lots of fun learning about these old clothes and things.Very nice hat, and welcome to the Lounge!
Thanks! Yes, after reading some threads I felt very lucky. The only problems with it are that it's a bit dusty and the ribbon is a little messed up at one part (it looks like it got caught on something and was folded for a long time, so now it has creases and the very top edge has a loose thread), both due to bad storage on the store's part. I haven't noticed anything like stains or holes and nothing seems to be coming loose in the lining either, I guess I'm lucky Iceland doesn't seem to have moths or mice!
I'm glad that you were able to register. FL is a lot of fun.
No mice or moths?! That sounds heavenly ...
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