Lot 57
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A fine purse of gold and silver metal thread and fresh coloured silks, worked on one side with a crowned monogram C M C, on another with deer in a hilly landscape amidst trees and flowers, on another with blackberries and on another with a vase of flowers, fastening with a drawstring and embellished with tassels, French or English, possibly circa 1640-80
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A fine purse of gold and silver metal thread and fresh coloured silks, worked on one side with a crowned monogram C M C, on another with deer in a hilly landscape amidst trees and flowers, on another with blackberries and on another with a vase of flowers, fastening with a drawstring and embellished with tassels, French or English, possibly circa 1640-80

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A fine purse of gold and silver metal thread and fresh coloured silks, worked on one side with a crowned monogram C M C, on another with deer in a hilly landscape amidst trees and flowers, on another with blackberries and on another with a vase of flowers, fastening with a drawstring and embellished with tassels, French or English, possibly circa 1640-80
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
Sold with this purse is a note indicating that the purse was supposed to have belonged to Prince Charles Edward's (Bonnie Prince Charlie's) mother. This would tie in with the monogram (her name was Maria Casimire Clementina Sobieska) but the style of the purse would seem to indicate that it is of an earlier date (Queen Clementina lived between 1702-1735).

G Saville Seligman and Talbot Hughes illustrate a similar purse on plate XII of Domestic Needlework, Country Life 1926, which is dated 1640-80.

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