Vintage Merrimac Hat Co. Merri-Soie Felt Fur Mohair Bead Cloche Bowler Derby Hat

As shown. See all photos. Did my best to measure interior rim and came up with ~19”. Belonged either to my maternal grandmother or possibly even her mother or aunts. In great shape considering its age.

“Prominent manufacturer of hats from the 1860s until the 1950s, employing up to 500 people in its manufacturing facilities in Amesbury, Massachusetts and another 1,500 in facilities from Alabama to Nova Scotia.

In 1838 Issac Martin began the manufacture of hats in a small facility on his farm in Amesbury, Massachusetts. In 1860 he entered into a partnership with Abner L. Bailey and a small mill was constructed near Bailey's Pond in Amesbury, which was dammed to allow water for its boilers and wet finishing process. From 1860 to 1866 the company was known as Amesbury Hat and Horton Hat, but from 1866 the name Merrimac Hat Company became permanent. At the height of its success in the 1940s, the company was the largest manufacturer of trimmed hats and hat bodies in the country.”