W. T. Johnson Esquire c1850 English Barrister's Wig in Toleware J.K. Metherell

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W. T. Johnson Esquire c1850 English Barrister's Wig in Toleware case by J.K.<br>Metherell Maker. Wig in original case with both the Makers and owners name<br>matching inside the wig and the tin case. Padlock shown with key was already<br>with it and is included. This came to me in a very wonderful yet cumbersome<br>large locked plexiglass display in which it and a few others were on display at<br>the University of Texas Law Library before Elton Hyder's estate was disbursed in<br>around 2012 when several of these were sold at Heritage Auction in Dallas, TX.<br>Wear to tin, no significant issues.<br><br>Provenance, from the Elton M. Hyder, Jr. Charitable and Educational Fund<br>Collection: Formerly at the University of Texas Law Library.
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    W. T. Johnson Esquire c1850 English Barrister's Wig in Toleware case by J.K.<br>Metherell Maker. Wig in original case with both the Makers and owners name<br>matching inside the wig and the tin case. Padlock shown with key was already<br>with it and is included. This came to me in a very wonderful yet cumbersome<br>large locked plexiglass display in which it and a few others were on display at<br>the University of Texas Law Library before Elton Hyder's estate was disbursed in<br>around 2012 when several of these were sold at Heritage Auction in Dallas, TX.<br>Wear to tin, no significant issues.<br><br>Provenance, from the Elton M. Hyder, Jr. Charitable and Educational Fund<br>Collection: Formerly at the University of Texas Law Library.

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