Date:1850 - 1920 (c.)
Description:This bonnet is handmade with a hand sewn ‘M’ on the side, possibly the baby's initial. The bonnet is simple with no decoration or detail meaning it was probably an everyday bonnet. Bonnet’s were an important accessory to Victorians and babies bonnets were fashioned after women’s and were meant to cover the hair and ears but not the forehead.
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Donor ref:Tx 527 (22/27791)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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