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Purse
Red leather pouch sandwiched between two horseshoe shaped panels, japanned in black to the exterior only, with silver plate surround. Both side painted with a shield in gilt, one side inscribed with AA' for Alice Allgood in monogram, the other with1809'. the outer edges of both panels inscribed with a running Greek pattern.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50087
Acquisition
Gift, 12/2/1925
Given by Mrs Pyle
Measurements
Height
(cm): 1.5
Length
(cm): 8.8
Width
(cm): 6.2
Height
(in): 0
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
silver-plate
leather
Location
In store
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