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Coil with metal plate : VACTRIC (CONTROL EQUIPMENT) LTD LONDON W3 ENGLAND. Inside white cardboard box (item no. F2021.21.258.1) and packed in cotton wool.One of a collection of items which belonged to tattoo artist Jessie Knight
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.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.258.2
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 63
Width
(mm): 32
Material
metal
Location
In store
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