About this objectThis is a black dress top hat with a velvet finish on the outside, black cotton rep tape band and a metal rivet centre top.
Edmund Blacket was a best known for his designs for the University of Sydney, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and St. Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn.
MakerG H Smith & Sons
Maker RoleManufacturer
Date Madec 1860
Place MadeSydney, NSW
Place Notes302 George St
Medium and MaterialsBlack velvet, cotton, fine cork.
Inscription and MarksInside the hat on top is a stamp on the cork
'[crown] / G H SMITH & SON / 302 GEORGE ST SYDNEY' in a ribbon surrounding a [shield].
