Purse

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Purse

Entry/Object ID

CW 1616

Description

Purse. Woman's purse; black knitted silk with white bead design, fringe at ball - brown crocheted top with steel frame. Written on frame: "L. C. Cope" No date given. No condition given. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Silk; beads; steel

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wistar, Eleanor S. and L. C. Cope

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Written on frame: "L. C. Cope" Eleanor S. Wistar was the author of: "The history of the Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances," and one-time Secretary of the Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances.