Purse
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Paper, Metal, Cotton
Measurements
81 mm (Width) x 10 mm (Depth); 85 mm (Length)
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 741244.1
Summary
The small brown leather purse with fold under flap, mouldy. Contains a small padlock key with brown string attached, small piece of folded paper with perforated edge, 3 1/2 pence folded up stamp. The mans purse is of brown textured leather, large hand stitched edges with a leather cord give detail. The top opens with a larger outer flap, through an external leather band, to reveal a back pocket and a further smaller internal flap covering a front pocket double coin pocket.