A purse of pale green silk moir applied and embroiderd with gilt metal threads, beads and coloured paillettes with a posy of stylised flowers on one side, a similar festoon on the other, enclosed within floral trails, trimmed with gilt beadwork fringing, the gilt ormolu clasp with dolphins head terminals and nereids holding the loops for the chain handle, mid 19th century, French, possibly Palais Royal