A wallet of brown leather, the interior pockets inset with an ivory silk panel finely embroidered in coloured chenille and silks, one side with a cornucopia of flowers, the other with an Alpine scene, probably second quarter of 19th century, Continental; another similar, the interior pockets embroidered in coloured beads, one side with a vase initialled "P" over-flowing with iris and foxgloves, the other with a muscial trophy; another, the interior pockets embroidered in coloured silks; and another embroidered in petit point in coloured silks with flowers and berries against an unworked silver coloured net ground, 1830s, spine split (4)

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A wallet of brown leather, the interior pockets inset with an ivory silk panel finely embroidered in coloured chenille and silks, one side with a cornucopia of flowers, the other with an Alpine scene, probably second quarter of 19th century, Continental; another similar, the interior pockets embroidered in coloured beads, one side with a vase initialled "P" over-flowing with iris and foxgloves, the other with a muscial trophy; another, the interior pockets embroidered in coloured silks; and another embroidered in petit point in coloured silks with flowers and berries against an unworked silver coloured net ground, 1830s, spine split (4)

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