2011 Combmaking in Scotland by Jen Cruse
PHS comb expert Jen Cruse explores the development of the Scottish comb-making industry. Introduction The craft of fashioning combs changed little over the centuries and never had a high profile in the manufacturing world, being described as ‘one of the most miserable trades’, unexplored and undervalued. But the Invention in 1796 by William Bundy, of [...]