eparges Posted 20 May , 2012 Share Posted 20 May , 2012 Hi, has anybody any ideas on this makers marking in a cap? I googled but came up with nothing...the crown in the coat of arms looks to my (untrained, continental) eye more like a QVC than a QC...Thanx for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 20 May , 2012 Share Posted 20 May , 2012 Hi, has anybody any ideas on this makers marking in a cap? I googled but came up with nothing...the crown in the coat of arms looks to my (untrained, continental) eye more like a QVC than a QC...Thanx for your help! I think that perhaps 'Harding' is a type, or pattern of cap, rather than a makers mark, just as a racing trilby might be known as an 'Epsom'. Normally a makers mark would say &Son or Co Ltd. A 19th Century Hatters stock list for Lock's and Herbert Johnson might help you locate who the maker was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eparges Posted 20 May , 2012 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2012 Hi Frogsmile, thanx for your contribution, that's waht I thought, but i don't find anything. Any idea where i can find that list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 20 May , 2012 Share Posted 20 May , 2012 René View this newspaper page from 1921. Zoom in - about half way down on the right there's an advert for the Van Wert Clothing co. It says "ask to see the Harding Cap". This, to my mind, reinforces Frogsmile's suggestion that it's a style, rather than a maker. http://newspaperarch...21-05-03/page-2 Cheers, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eparges Posted 22 May , 2012 Author Share Posted 22 May , 2012 Thanx GT, confirms what I thought, love to see the old ad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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