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This is a late 1700s to early 1800s Wig Duster used by a Lawyer, Judge, cavalier gentlemen and exquisite women of the period. This is a French wig billows made of leather and wood in very good condition. It is labeled “Insecticide Instructions Fabrique Lyon Gaizy”. On back side is a hole to pour wig fragrance or insecticide for spray. It measures 6.5” in length and 2.5” in diameter and 1” thick. History preserves these instruments were used to apply / spray fragrance powders and often times insecticide to kill the bugs that would infest the wig after a period of non-use. It is still in very good operation with leather showing some slight cracks from 200+ years of aging. This is a precious piece of legal history and that belongs in a museum or with a serious collector.
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