The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Bank of Fashion, Arthr Gardner, 29 Old Jewry, Cheapside, a skit note for £1000, dated 29 May 1822, stating that ‘A. Gardner will Cut, Dress & Arrange any Lady or Gentleman’s Hair in a Superior style or forfeit the Sum of One Thousand Pounds’, with a vignette showing a female allegory of Justice at left, mounting traces and associated damage to corner, overall fine and rare
Outing Unlisted £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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Arthur Gardner was born in Paisley in 1793. He married in 1824 and had a great many children. It appears he kept this salon at the Old Jewry for most of his life. He is found in newspapers in 1838 advertising ‘Turkish Balzone Liquid Hair Dye to change the colour of red or grey hair to any given shade’. The note also mentions ‘From the Late Ross’s’ which possibly refers to the nearby Ross and Sons Hairdressers, where Arthur Gardner may well have trained.