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Tattoo flash
Knight, Jessie (Jessie Knight was the first prominent female tattooist in the UK. She took over her father's tattoo shop in Barry aged 18 in 1927 and went on to prominence whilst working in Chatham, Portsmouth and Aldershot. She returned to Barry in 1968, and continued to work there as a tattoo artist into the 1980s.)
Concertina fllash with eight images on one side and six on the other, including Native American figures, horses and horseshoes, Welsh and Irish symbols, a peacock, dragon, eagle and a snake. Text including ‘ICH DIEN. WALES’ ‘CYMRU AM BYTH’ ‘IRISH MELODY’ ‘IN MEMORY OF MY DAD’
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.119
Creation/Production
Knight, Jessie
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length (mm): 763
Width (mm): 170
Material
card
paint
ink
plastic
Location
In store
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