A perfume bottle, encased in embroidery of silver thread, worked with pink hearts, the front pocket containing 'The Hand of Love' (a silk cutwork hand), third quarter of the 17th century

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A perfume bottle, encased in embroidery of silver thread, worked with pink hearts, the front pocket containing 'The Hand of Love' (a silk cutwork hand), third quarter of the 17th century
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Cf Seligman, G Saville & Hughes, Domestic Needlework, plate 52c

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