Casgliadau Arlein

Tattooing machine grip with needle tip. Found in clear plastic bag which contains other parts (Item nos. F2021.21.251.2-24). 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.