Black Bodice with fawn cotton lining
Date made: 19th century
Maker: unknown maker
Description: Black bodice with round buttons down the front. Unboned and machine-sewn. Fawn-coloured cotton lining. 43cm centre front.
From the Mylchreest family of Ballamenaugh, Lonan and Ballaharra, German.
(Reference image taken in the 1990s.)
YC note: Ann Quayle (b.1829/ Malew), married William Mylchreest of Ballamenagh Mooar, Lonan (1800-1860) in 1855 and married Henry Wesley Bell of Douglas (1827-1890) in 1879. Ann Mylchreest owned Ballaharra (part of late husband's estates) and the Great Clay Case/ Ballaharra Clay Case was taken to the Chancery Court, Castletown (1867) and to the Privy Council, London to uphold the right of Manx customary freeholders to the clay and sand deposits under their farms - a right which had been challenged by the British Crown (who lost their case).
Materials: cotton
Object name: bodice
Collection: Costume & Textiles Collection
ID Number: 1974-0233f
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