VICTORIAN French black velvet purse, cut steel brads & beads
VICTORIAN French black velvet purse with cut steel brads and beads on the tan suede design and cut steel beads on the velvet. The purse frame has a basket design with tendrils. The purse body is 12" including the 2-1/4" fringe by 6-1/4" wide with a 16" handle, and the lining frayed but still there. The cut steel brads have 14 facets in the older style. The matching mirror is also included inside the purse. One 1/4-inch piece of the tan suede is broken but stable and in place, as can be seen in the picture. Similar purse
in Dawes & Collings "Georgian Jewellery, 1714-1830" page 18.