Miser purse mounted in posse partout case

Made:: 1830-1870 in England

Miser purse made of a string of red and pale mauve beads
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Aimee Hollands photography

Miser purse made of a string of red and pale mauve beads, purse mounted in posse partout case, part of Chalmers collection, English, 1830-1870

Details

Category:: Wellcome (general)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A474

Materials:: beads, glass, case, paper and case, glass

type:: purses

credit:: Phillips, Son and Neale

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