Guinea purse
Category
Costume
Date
1750 - 1760
Materials
Textile
Measurements
45 mm (H)38 mm (W)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349586
Summary
Guinea purse or Thimble purse - Embroidered begonia silk and silver thread guinea purse lined with begonia silk. It is trimmed with three concentric discs on each side of a shell shape - silver, yellow, begonia made of coiled silver thread and held together with coloured silk with a pearl in the centre. There is a begonia and silver plaited cord and two tassels of interwoven silk and metal threads. Cf Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' pg.34 (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade