Four money purses.
[.a] Brown Crocodile, metal frame.
[.b] Black Leather, metal frame. Monogrammed E.W.D.
[.c] Black Leather. Monogrammed E.W.D.
[.d] Small beaded purse on blue cotton tape for (missing) drawstring; floral and geometric pattern worked in coloured beads on light blue ground - characteristic mid-Victorian design, though made in larger beads than usual; lined with black cotton twill; fringe of pale blue beads at base.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | CH1975.458.a-d |
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| Accession Date: | 5 Nov 1975 |
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Material
| Crocodile/Skin | a - Brown Crocodile Purse |
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| Metal/Metal | a - Brown Crocodile Purse |
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| Leather/Leather | b - Black Leather purse |
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| Metal/Metal | b - Black Leather purse |
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| Leather/Leather | c - Smaller Black Leather purse |
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| Metal/Metal | c - Smaller Black Leather purse |
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| Cotton/Textile | d - Beaded purse |
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| Glass/Glass | d - Beaded purse |
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Measurement
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