Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Miser's purse

Item

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Title

Miser's purse

Description

Maroon and white silk crocheted miser's purse; long and narrow; slit at center; missing rings to secure coins at either end; decorated with silver metal cut beads in floral pattern at larger maroon and white end; rows of beads at smaller solid red end; loops of beaded fringe at smaller end; interlaced beaded fringe at larger end; unlined; 13.5 inches long by 2.5 inches wide / 34.3mm x 6.3mm.

Owned by a member of the Kohler or House families.

Date

1880-1890

Source

Donor: The Kohler Estate

Identifier

Object ID #1986.433
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Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Subject

Handbags

Type

Still Image

Format

Still Shot

Citation

“Miser's purse,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4238.