A tailor's mark that took time to read
The inscription on an inner waistband proved to be an order number, not a maker's signature.
At first the mark was read as a surname. It sits where a signature usually went and begins with a capital letter.
But under ultraviolet a second line appeared — digits, almost entirely worn away. Together they read differently: an order-book number, not a name. The collector says she corrected the label as soon as this became clear, and kept the earlier reading in the description — so the change of understanding is visible.
