Purse
1660-1699 (made)
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Heart-shaped purse made of silver filigree and lined with salmon-pink cloth. The purse opens at the pointed end, and is held shut by silver cords, which run through the gathered folds of the lining. Each of the two cords has a tassel at its end. There is a larger similar tassel coming out of the top of the heart, so that it looks like a flaming heart. The two sides of the heart are made of open filigree, bordered with loops of wire with granules, and decorated with small open wire rosettes. They were originally identical, but some of the rosettes are now missing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver filigree lined with salmon-pink cloth |
| Brief description | Heart-shaped silver filigree purse lined with salmon pink cloth, Nuremberg (Germany), 1660-1699. |
| Physical description | Heart-shaped purse made of silver filigree and lined with salmon-pink cloth. The purse opens at the pointed end, and is held shut by silver cords, which run through the gathered folds of the lining. Each of the two cords has a tassel at its end. There is a larger similar tassel coming out of the top of the heart, so that it looks like a flaming heart. The two sides of the heart are made of open filigree, bordered with loops of wire with granules, and decorated with small open wire rosettes. They were originally identical, but some of the rosettes are now missing. |
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| Object history | This is one of a group of objects (731 to 845-1891) acquired by the Museum in 1891 from the collection of Lord Zouche. A note in the Museum Register records the total price paid was £5000 and that 'these objects, together with several still on loan to the Museum, were exhibited as loans from Lord Zouche from the year 1876 to the date of their purchase'. |
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| Accession number | 758C-1891 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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