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Title: Small embroidered purse Accession Number: 2005.34.174 Category: CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES Type: Bag Maker: Place: Date: after 1893 Materials: silk Description: Bag; Small embroidered purse, after 1893; from the Collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); small yellow purse, embroidered with blue designs on both sides, lined with blue silk, with a zipper on top; zipper is a Talon zipper (the first zipper manufacturing company, founded in 1893).

Mystic Seaport Image ID m430085    Information regarding reproductions