Lot Essay
The pink bag contains a note detailing provenance relating to Lady Surtees, on the reverse of a letter to Mrs Lutyens regarding the cleaning of the purse in 1959.
Details
A drawstring bag of pink silk worked with a festoon of ribbonwork flowers on either side, with shell details, second quarter of 19th century; and another bag of ivory ribbed silk embroidered in brightly coloured beads with stylised flowers on one side and a lyre on the other, trimmed with tassels, third quarter of 19th century (2)