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19th Century Horn Glove Powderer
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
for sale €140     $152
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19th Century Horn Glove Powderer

19th century
Description

Good example of a 19th century glove powdered. The top unscrews and the base unscrews.

H 9.5

W 3.5

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Antique Horn Glove Powderer to the 19th Century.

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Description
Good example of a 19th century glove powdered. The top unscrews and the base unscrews.

H 9.5

W 3.5

Date of Manufacture

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Antique Horn Glove Powderer to the 19th Century.

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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A 19th-century turned horn glove powderer featuring a rounded bulbous base, a narrow neck, and a polished dark brown finish.
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Archive I A 19th-century turned horn glove powderer featuring a rounded bulbous base, a narrow neck, and a polished dark brown finish.

19th century horn glove powderer

Archive II A 19th-century turned horn glove powderer featuring a rounded bulbous base, a narrow neck, and a polished dark brown finish. View II
Archive III A 19th-century turned horn glove powderer featuring a rounded bulbous base, a narrow neck, and a polished dark brown finish. View III
Archive IV A 19th-century turned horn glove powderer featuring a rounded bulbous base, a narrow neck, and a polished dark brown finish. View IV
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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
Telephone 07710 931929
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United Kingdom
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Verified Since Dec 2020
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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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A 19th-century turned horn glove powderer featuring a rounded bulbous base, a narrow neck, and a polished dark brown finish.
19th century horn glove powderer
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A 19th-century turned horn glove powderer featuring a rounded bulbous base, a narrow neck, and a polished dark brown finish.
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A glove powderer is a specialised 19th-century vanity accessory designed to dispense talcum powder or starch inside tight leather gloves. This reduced friction and made fitting tailored gloves significantly easier during the Victorian era.

Glove powderers were predominantly turned from natural horn, ivory, bone, or dense hardwoods such as boxwood. Horn was particularly favoured due to its durability, moisture resistance, and smooth finish when polished.

Authentic horn pieces display subtle, irregular grain variations, slight translucency under light, and microscopic striations. Victorian turned items will also show minor hand-lathe marks and age-related patination around joints and apertures.

These small tactile objects make excellent curiosities when grouped alongside vintage apothecary bottles, framed botanical prints, or placed on decorative brass trays atop a vanity unit or bookshelf.

Keep horn objects away from direct sunlight, extreme humidity, and high heat sources to prevent warping or cracking. Clean gently with a soft, dry cloth and apply a tiny amount of microcrystalline wax occasionally to protect the surface.
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