Spalding Gentlemen’s Society asks you to guess the last Cabinet of Curiosities item for 2024

Here is the final mystery item for 2024 from the Spalding Gentlemen Society's Cabinet of Curiosities.

Who knows what this is and what it was used for?

Last month's teaser had everyone stumped. It was a support for a headdress worn in Dutch coastal villages. Each band is unique to individual villages.

If you think you know what this month's curiosity is please email your answer with your full name and address to outreach@sgsoc.org by the closing date of Tuesday, December 17.

The first correct answer out of the hat will win a pair of tickets to any of the Society’s 2025 lecture season.

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is one of the oldest learned societies, founded in 1710. The museum in Broad Street, Spalding, is now closed for building work, but a presence is maintained at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding, 10.30am to 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.

The society’s book sales are held every first and third Saturday of each month from 10am to noon in Broad Street, Spalding, next to the museum and opposite the methodist church. Society Christmas cards are also available. Funds raised help with preservation of the museum collection.