Muff
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1940
Materials
Ermine, silk satin, glass beads.
Measurements
250 x 300 x 80 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603428
Summary
A woman's muff made from white ermine (stoat) fur. The muff is decorated with five dark brown stoat tails on the front and a further five tails on the back. Two stoat heads have also been mounted on the front of the muff along the top seam, embellished with pink glass eyes, one missing from each head. Internally, the muff is lined with cream silk satin.
Provenance
Gift of Lenox-Conyngham?