Fashion — 1550-1650
Purse, gaming purse
Circular purse embroidered with silver gilt wire and gold metal thread, fastend with drawstrings ending in tassels with light blue silk tufts.
This satchel would have been used to hold coins or counters used in card games and would have been called a gaming (gambling) purse.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- A6058
- Object name:
- purse, gaming purse
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1550-1650
- Material:
gold, silk, leather
- Measurements/duration:
- H 50 mm, DM 110 mm (overall)
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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