Purse

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Purse

Entry/Object ID

CW 1619

Description

Purse. Woman's purse; silk knit; peach & white; metallic silver thread; silk cord drawstring; pink silk bands of silver-covered balls at top and bottom and on cord. Circa mid-19th century. No condition given. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Material

Silk knit; metallic thread

Provenance

Notes

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.