Watch pocket
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Pierced card, woollen yarn, bugle beading, brass hook.
Measurements
140 x 140 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604319
Summary
A woman's watch pocket made from card, wool and beading. The pocket has a central circular piece of pierced card, covered in scarlet woollen yarn in concentric squares. It has a border of glass bugle beads in a looped fringe and a brass hook centre top decorated with a fox head, and from which the watch was hung. Probably home made.
Provenance
Gift of Dr G.E.Houston