E.1972.1.d_01
Type
bag
Date
circa 1870-1879
Materials
silk, silver
Place
Netherlands (place of manufacture)
Description
Woman's bag or chatelaine bag with silver frame and black silk velvet body. Chatelaine clip with embossed Poseidon or Neptune with his trident with two horses attached by a hinge to the frame decorated with embossed four personifications, on left seated figure in niche, centre left reclining figure with lion and ship in background, centre right seated figure feeding a monkey and right seated figure, and man's head on button. Black silk velvet circular body edged with black silk cord decorated with two small black silk pom-poms eitherside of frame. Inside two compartments lined with yellow corded silk damask.
Category
DRESS
Measurements
overall: 300 mm x 190 mm x 20 mm