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A Pearly Prince's outfit, comprising woollen jacket with herringbone weave, black waistcoat woven with a narrow brown stripe, black trousers and a flat cap with brown hound's tooth check, all decorated with mother-of-pearl buttons, the jacket labelled ST MICHAEL BRITISH MADE, circa 1930s
A Pearly Prince's outfit, comprising woollen jacket with herringbone weave, black waistcoat woven with a narrow brown stripe, black trousers and a flat cap with brown hound's tooth check, all decorated with mother-of-pearl buttons, the jacket labelled ST MICHAEL BRITISH MADE, circa 1930s

Details
A Pearly Prince's outfit, comprising woollen jacket with herringbone weave, black waistcoat woven with a narrow brown stripe, black trousers and a flat cap with brown hound's tooth check, all decorated with mother-of-pearl buttons, the jacket labelled ST MICHAEL BRITISH MADE, circa 1930s
See Contemporary Illustration and Second Illustration p.55
Further details
The tradition of Pearly Kings and Queens in London began in the late 1870s; their outfits a development on the embellished suits of the costermongers.
The trade mark 'St Michael' was registered in 1928 and the London flagship Marks and Spencer store at Marble Arch opened in 1930.

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