Details
A purse of emerald green silk and silver metal thread, worked with hearts and flowers, the base with a circular pattern, late 17th century, English
Special notice
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Further details
Attached to the purse is a note inscribed Purse of King Charles 1st Lent by Rev H J Ward and with the lot is a letter dated 1877 giving thanks for the loan of the purse to the Royal Archaeological Institute.
G Saville Seligman & Talbot Hughes note in 'Domestic Needlework' Country Life 1926, that a 'design of hearts was often employed on purses during Charles II's reign'.
G Saville Seligman & Talbot Hughes note in 'Domestic Needlework' Country Life 1926, that a 'design of hearts was often employed on purses during Charles II's reign'.