Handbag
Category
Textiles
Date
1900 - 1950
Materials
Cardboard, Metal, Silk
Measurements
185 mm (Width) x 70 mm (Depth); 150 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 548542
Summary
Handbag, embroidered silk with a figure amongst foliage and large flower heads. Pearls fixed around opening of bag on bed of silver and gold coloured beads. Gold coloured metal stitching along handle. Made in Europe, possibly with a piece of 20th century Chinese silk.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
MAPPIN and WEBB Goldsmiths etc 2 Queen Victoria St, London. (box)