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Victorian Charles Horner Hallmarked 9ct Gold Seed Pearl Thimble. Set With Seed Pearls
Description: Victorian Hallmarked 9ct Gold Seed Pearl Thimble. Set around the base with seed pearls
Marks: Hallmarked Chester 1898. Makers mark CH for Charles Horner. This also carries an inscription that says RB to JS 1849-1899. Maybe she was a seamstresss and this was a reward given for long service
Size: Measures 20mm tall and 16mm diameter at base
Age: 1898
Weight: Weighs 6.3 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: COLG-10-7-
Price: £375.00
Georgian / Victorian Gold Rock Crystal Quartz Desk Seal
Description: Georgian Victorian Quartz Desk Seal with Rock Crystal handle and Smokey Quartz Swivel Fob
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 3 3/8 inches long
Age: Estimate Early 19th Century
Weight: Weighs 73.5 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: DC
Price: Not for Sale
Antique Edwardian 15ct Gold Seed Pearl Lorgnette
Description: Antique Edwardian 15ct Gold Seed Pearl Lorgnette. The seed pearl loop seen on the handle pushes downwards to release the eyeglasses. The comes complete with very long 9ct Gold chain.
Marks: Marked 15ct on lorgnette and 9ct on chain.
Size: Measures 120mm long and eyeglass parts measure 105mm when fully extended. Chain measures 57 inches long
Age: Circa 1900
Weight: Lorgnette weighs 25.4 grams gross and chain weighs 7 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition.
Code: G
Status: For Sale
Price: £1250.00
Hallmarked 9ct Gold Enamel Football Medal
Description: Hallmarked 9ct Enamel Football Medal. Inscribed D I Leese May 7th 1937
Marks: Birmingham Hallmarked 9ct Gold
Size: Measures 40mm x 27mm including loop
Age: Inscription 1937
Weight: Weighs 7.7 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: NO-football
Price: £195.00
Hallmarked 9ct Gold Unicorn Key Ring
Description: Hallmarked 9ct Gold Unicorn Key Ring
Code: GSNS-G-Keyring
Marks: Hallmarked 9ct Gold
Size: Unicorn Fob Measures 34mm x 19mm. Complete on chain measures 100mm long
Date: Late 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 15.6 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £395.00
Hallmarked 9ct Gold Yard "O" Led Pencil
Description: Vintage Hallmarked 9ct Gold yard "O Led Pencil Marks: Hallmarked 9ct Gold Size: Measures 120mm long Age: Mid 20th century Weight: Weighs 23.2 grams Condition: Very Good Condition Status: For Sale Code: COLS-goldyard Price: £255.00
Vintage 18ct Gold Sampson & Mordan Propelling Pencil
Description: Vintage 18ct Gold Sampson & Mordan Propelling Pencil
Marks: Marked 18ct S Mordan & Co 18ct
Size: Measures 2 1/2 inches long and 4 1/2 inches long fully extended
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: 19.4 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £325.00
Hallmarked Silver Miniature Teaset On Tray - Matching Hallmarks
Description: Vintage Hallmarked Silver Miniature Teaset On Tray - All With Matching hallmarks - Delightful miniature item Marks: Hallmarked Birmingham 1961 Size: Tallest Coffee Hot water Pot measures 1 5/8" tall and smallest milk just measures 5/8" tall. Tray measures 5 3/4" x 1 1/2 inches Age: 19 Weight: Weighs 61.8 grams complete. teapot 10.9 grams, Coffee Pot 11.9 grams, Milk Jug 2.8 grams, Sugar bowl 4.4 grams and Tray 31.8 grams Condition: Very Good Condition Status: For Sale Code: COLS-Miniteaset Price: £295.00
Hallmarked 9ct Gold Thimble
Description: Vintage Chester Hallmarked 9ct Gold Thimble in Original Box
Marks: Hallmarked Chester 1927
Size: Measures 23mm tall and 16mm diameter
Age: 1927
Weight: Weighs 5,2 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: COLG-10-7-
Price: £225.00
Victorian 9ct Rose Gold Chased Dual Mechanical Pen Pencil With Seal Top
Description: Victorian Gold Mechanical Dual Pen Pencil. Tests as 9ct Gold
Marks: Not Marked. Tests as 9ct Gold
Size: Measures 3 1/2 inches long and 4 1/2 inches long fully extended
Age: Late 19th / Early 20th Century
Weight: 14.3 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £295.00
Hallmarked Silver Guilloche Enamel Travel Clock
Description: Vintage Hallmarked Sterling Silver Enamel Miniature Travel Clock. Enamelled both sides of case with gilt clock interior
Marks: Hallmarked Birmingham Import hallmarks for 1929
Size: Measures 1 3/4 inches x 1 3/4 inches
Age: 1929
Weight: Weighs 66.2 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition.
Status: For Sale
Code: DS
Price: £325.00
Art Nouveau Hallmarked Silver Crocodile Skin Purse Wallet
Description: Edwardian Art Noveau Crocodile Skin Purse Wallet. This is a beautifully made crocodile skin purse wallet with tiny perfectly neat stitiching and Hallmarked Silver Corners.
Nicest example of its kind I have ever seen
Code: Coll-12-11-1
Marks: Birmingham Import marks for 1905. Makers mark L.K
Size: Measures 132mm x 90mm
Date: Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 105.6 grams complete - although silver weight is obviously considerably less
Condition: This is in remarkably good condition for age and type of item with only the very slightest signs of wear and use
Status: Sold
Price: £495.00
Sterling Silver Perfume Funnel
Description: Vintage Sterling Silver Perfume Funnel
Code: Coll-funnel
Marks: Not Marked - tests silver
Size: Measures 30mm x 22mm
Date: Not known - estimate early to mid 20th century
Weight: Weighs 3.3 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £85.00
Hallmarked Sterling Silver Concorde Keyring
Description: Vintage Hallmarked Sterling Silver Concorde Keyring - Item specifically made for concorde passengers. Original box and paperwork
Code: Coll-concordekey
Marks: Hallmarked Birmingham 1985
Size: Measures 95mm x 25mm
Date: 1985
Weight: Weighs 19.3 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £145.00
Hallmarked 900 Silver Swedish Sweden Lipstick Holder
Description: Vintage Swedish 900 Silver Hallmarked Lipstick Holder.
Code: DS
Marks: Marked with Swedish Three Crowns hallmark and Letter S - Also marked 900
Size: Measures 2 inches long and 5/8 inch wide
Date: Early to Mid 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 28.8 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £125.00
Brass Iron & Silver Cardinals Seal Ring
Description: I do not know where to start with describing this ring. It has been the subject of research for some time. II think the first think I should say is that it is absolutely huge in size - so much so that I wonder whether it is actually a ring at all. It has been suggested that it might be an investiture piece to be worn on a chain or silk cord.
I believe this is a nineteenth century copy of a fifteenth century ring commonly called a papal ring. The purpose of the fifteenth century
originals is not clear, they may have been used as emblems of investiture or as credentials for nuncios carrying papal documents. They
are generally of low intrinsic value, made of copper or gilt bronze and set with glass or paste stones. They usually bear the arms of cardinals, archbishops or popes and symbols such as mitres, papal tiaras or crossed keys and are often very massive. References can be found in fifteenth century documents to rings fitting this description and a large number still survive. It seems unlikely that they were actually worn by popes, due to their low value and the fact that a number of examples bearing the arms of the same pope survive.
In the nineteenth century, this type of ring became popular amongst collectors although their provenance is as yet mysterious. The
nineteenth century copies differ from the originals in their extremely large size and the incorporation of small, often velvet lined containers in the bezel. They are generally decorated with Renaissance style ornament or papal heraldry, sometimes accurate but often fantastical. Their exact purpose is unknown, they would have been too large and heavy to have been worn as rings but might have served as desk ornaments. The Renaissance originals do not seem to have the small boxes in the bezel nor the cameo which your ring has. They also seem to have been smaller than the very massive 19th century type.
Examples of fifteenth century types can be found in the British Museum and the V&A. The Koch collection in Germany has both original and nineteenth century copies. Interesting parallels to this ring can be found in Chadour, Anna Beatriz, Rings: the Alice and Louis Koch collection, W.S. Maney and Son Ltd, Leeds, 1994 volume II, catalogue
numbers 1635-7.
Papal rings are a tricky subject which haven't yet been fully researched. Both the function and making of the
originals and their popularity in the 19th century need further work.
I believe it is an Ecclesiastical Patriarch / Bishops / Cardinals Ring. The large size of such rings in the middle ages was intentional as they were made to wear over gloves and designed to be seen at huge distance by the crowds.
It is made from mixed metals. The main metal appears to be Iron (sticks to a magnet). The bezels surrounding the cameos are a yellow metal Brass ?? The ornate decoration tests as silver. There are two cameos and I am uncertain whether one is a replacement.
The seal top is iron and the central shield and cross with five crescents are the arms of the Piccolomini family. Surrounding the shield is the hat and tassels symbols that represent the office of Ecclesiastical Patriarch / Bishop or Cardinal. The Piccolomini family have a well documented lineage which includes the successful nomination of two Popes. These were Pope Pius II (1458-1464 ) and Pope Pius III (1503-1503) . Both of these popes bore this family arms during their Papacy.
The seal top does open to reveal an inner compartment. This most likely held an icon or other item of religious significance There are traces of a pitch type substance on the interior compartment. It is interesting to note that the right side edge of the seal device is narrower than the left side edge.
I can only suggest that the reason behind reproducing such a piece would lay in regional pride of those who admired the Pope for his adventurous life, dedication to art, architecture, and expansion of the Sienna region. This man brought importance and prosperity to the Sienna area that lasted decades. Maybe a piece such as this was made to remember the man, his life, and work.
Marks: None
Size: The head measures 1 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches and standing on the seal part it stands 1 7/8 inches high. It measures english ring size R 1/2 or US size 9
Age: See above description. Is this a 15th century ring or a 19th century copy.
Weight: 102.1 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £750.00
Silver lady Embossed Perfume Bottle
Description: Vintage Silver Embossed perfume bottle. Origins unknown but an unusual item
Code: Coll-perflady
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 40mm x 25mm
Date: Not know - Estimate early to mid 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 14.5 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £140.00
Hallmarked Silver Perfume Bottle
Description: Vintage Hallmarked Silver Perfume Bottle
Marks: Hallmarked Birmingham 1907
Size: Measures 3 1/8 inches tall
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 51.2 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition. Small dink to corner of lid
Status: For Sale
Code: Sperf
Price: £225.00
Vintage Silver Pen Ballpoint Pen
Description: Vintage Silver ballpoint Pen. Lovely decorative Pen. Origins unknown but looks French maybe
Code: Coll-S-Penfancy
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 6 1/4 inches long
Date: Early to Mid 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 11.1 grams gross weight with refil
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £125.00
Indian Silver Perfume Bottle
Description: Vintage Indian Silver Perfume / Oils Bottle
Code: Coll-12-1-1
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 100mm tall and 55mm wide
Date: Estimate - Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 88.2 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £295.00
Victorian Berthold Muller Hanau Silver Dragon Sleigh Salt
Description: Vintage Hallmarked Silver Berthold Muller Dragon Sleigh Shape Salt
Code: Coll-12-2-4
Marks: Marked with Hanau marks and also english import hallmarks London for 1895 & makers mark BM
Size: Measures 60mm x 30mm and stands 60mm tall
Date: 1895
Weight: Weighs 33.9 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £175.00
Hallmarked Silver Large Size Presentation Key
Description: Vintage Hallmarked Silver large Size Presentation Key. Made for the Silver Jubilee
Marks: Hallmarked Birmingham 1977
Size: Measures 128mm x 43mm
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 48.7 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition. A few little dinks here and there commesurate with age and use
Status: For Sale
Code: Col-11-2-1
Price: £149.00
Georgian Hallmarked Silver Sugar Sifter Spoon
Description: Georgian Hallmarked Silver Sugar Sifter Spoon
Code: Coll-S-Siftspoon
Marks: Hallmarked London 1817
Size: Measures 6 1/4 inches long
Date: 1817
Weight: Weighs 39.5 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £145.00
David Andersen Sterling Silver Cobalt Blue Enamel Dish
Description: Vintage David Andersen Sterling Silver Cobalt Blue Enamel Dish
Marks: Marked with early DA prong mark and 925
Size: Measures 95mm diamater
Age: Circa 1910
Weight:: Weighs 93.1 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition. Small enamel loss on outer edge - can be seen in pic
Status: For Sale
Code: S
Price: £225.00
Hallmarked Silver Chatelaine Purse
Description: Hallmarked Silver Chatelaine Purse
Code: Colpursemary
Marks: Hallmarked Birmingham 1915
Size: Measures 135mm x 65mm including chains & ring
Date: 1915
Weight: Weighs 38.4 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £195.00
Hallmarked Silver Bridal Posy Holder With Engravable Cartouche
Description: Brand New Hallmarked Sterling Silver Bridal Wedding Bouquet Posy Holder. Engravable cartouche
Fine Metal: Available in Sterling Silver, 9ct Yellow Gold, 9ct Rose Gold, 9ct White Gold,
Marks: Birmingham Hallmarks
Size: Measures 8 inches long
Age: Brand New.
Weight: Sterling Silver weighs 51.5 grams, 9ct weighs 56.6 grams, 18ct weighs 76.2 grams
Condition: Mint New Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: Accposy
Price: Sterling Silver £195.00, 9ct Gold £1200.00
Hallmarked Silver Wishbone Sugar Nips
Description: Vintage Hallmarked Silver Unusual Wishbone Shape Sugar Nips
Code: Coll-S-12-6-1
Marks: Hallmarked Sheffield
Size: Measures 90mm x 45mm
Date: Sheffield 1939
Weight: Weighs 14.8 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £125.00
Victorian Silver Filigree & Cranberry Glass Tussie Mussie / Posy Holder / Nosegay
Description: Vintage Silver Filigree & Cranberry Glass Tussie Mussie / Posy Holder / Nosegay
Marks: Marked Registered FFBM 9-18
Size: Measures 85mm long and 40mm wide
Age: 1918
Weight: Weighs 39.7 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition but glass is broken where the pin passes through the hole to hold the flowers. This cannot be seen from the exterior. It is only visible when you look down the inside of the interior
Status: Sold
Code: S
Price: £850.00
Vintage 900 Silver Chatelaine Perfume Bottle
Description: Vintage 900 Silver Perfume Bottle - Maybe For Chatelaine
Marks: Marked 900 Makers mark AKP
Size: Measures 2 inches tall x 2 inches wide.
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 24.9 grams.
Condition: Very Good Condition.
Status: For Sale
Price: £245.00
Silver Seahorse Ornaments
Description: Vintage Pair Silver Seahorses
Marks: Mark under investigation
Size: Measures 2 inches long each.
Age: Mark under investigation. Not known.
Weight: Weighs 28.1 grams and 26.7 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition.
Status: For Sale
Code: DS
Price: £35 each
French White Metal Bow Shape Knife Rests
Description: Vintage French Boxed Set White Metal Knife Rests in Bow Design. Original Silk Lined Box
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 3 inches long each
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 150.6 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: DS
Price: £95.00
800 Silver Patterned Hip Flask.
Description: Vintage 800 Silver Patterned Hipflask
Marks: Marked 800
Size: Measures 4 3/4 inches tall and 3 inches wide. Base 1 inch depth
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: 138.5 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: DS1435
Price: £165.00
Maurius Hammer Sterling Silver Enamel Carpenters Pencil
Description: Vintage Sterling Silver Maurius Hammer Carpenters Pencil
Marks: Marked 830S and Marius Hammer Mark
Size: Measures 3 1/2 inches long
Age: Early 20th century
Weight: Weighs 11.5 grams (with pencil)
Condition: Very Good Condition.
Status: For Sale
Code: DS249
Price: £250.00
Continental silver Tea Strainer
Description: Victorian Continental Silver Tea Strainer. Possibly French in Origin
Marks: Marked with tiny touchmarks of a five pointed star and insect - possibly a spider or crab.
Size: Measures 6 3/4 inches long
Age: Late 19th Century
Weight: 56.6 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition.
Status: For Sale
Price: £155.00
Heavy Sterling Silver Indian Hip Flask
Description: Sterling Silver Hip Flask With Indian Scenes.
Marks: Marked Sterling Silver
Size: Measures 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches wide
Age: Modern
Weight: 205.4 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £250.00
HM Silver Boxed Perfume Bottle
Description: Victorian Double Ended Perfume Bottle with Vinaigrette type grill one side
Marks: Hallmarked
Size: Measures
Age: Late 19th Century
Weight: Weighs
Condition: Very Good Condition. Glass Stopper MIssing
Status: For Sale
Code: DC
Price: £185.00
Denmark Sterling Silver Enamel Boxed Set of Six Harlequin Colours Fruit Knives
Description: Denmark Sterling Silver Enamel Boxed Set of Six Harlequin Colours Fruit Knives. These Have Silver handles and Stainless Steel Blades
Marks: Marked 925 ELA. Blades are marked Raadvad Stainless Denmark.
Size: Each Knive Measures 4 3/4 inches long
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: Six knives in total weigh 86.4 grams
Condition: Excellent like new Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £195.00
Denmark Sterling Silver Enamel Boxed Set of Six Harlequin Colours Forks
Description: Denmark Sterling Silver Enamel Boxed Set of Six Harlequin Colours Forks.
Marks: Marked 925S ELA Sterling Denmark.
Size: Each Fork Measures 5 inches Long
Age: Early 20th Century
Weight: Six Forks In Total Weigh 80.4 Grams
Condition: Very Good Condition. Red & Green & Blue Forks Have Slight Enamel Repair.
Status: For Sale
Price: £175.00
Antique Banded Agate Sardonyx Salt Dish
Description: Antique Banded Agate Sardonyx Salt Dish
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 50mm x 38mm x 12mm tall
Age: Late 19th Century
Weight: Weighs 14.3 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: Col: 11-11-1
Price: £95.00
Victorian Ivory & Ebony Bridge / Card Pointer
Description: Victorian Ivory & Ebony Bridge / Card Pointer. Swivels to point to numbers
Marks: Original paper label with Victorian date registration diamond
Size: Measures 40mm diamater
Age: Victorian
Weight: Weighs 19 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: C
Price: £295.00
Vintage Set Of Six Sterling Silver Enamel Demi Tasse Spoons
Description: Vintage Set Of Six Sterling Silver Enamel Demi Tasse Spoons. Enamelled Both Sides Handles
Marks: Marked ELA Denmark Sterling
Size: Each Spoon Measures 3 3/4 inches long
Age: Early To Mid 20th Century
Weight: 6 Spoons weigh 55.7 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £175.00
Victorian White Metal Edwardian Scottish Agate Button Hook Chatelaine in Original Box
Description: Victorian White Metal Edwardian Scottish Agate Button Hook Chatelaine in Original Box.
Code: Scot-11-12-6
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 60mm long
Date: Late 19th / Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 3.3 grams
Condition: Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £125.00
French Palais Royal Gilt Aide Memoire Mother of Pearl Turquoise
Description: French Gilt Palais Royale Aide Memoire set with Mother of Pearl and Turquoise Cabs
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures
Age: Circa 1820
Weight: Weighs
Condition: Very Good Condition but the silk lining shows some staining and there is somedetatchment of pages
Status: For Sale
Code: C
Price: £495.00
Vintage Miniature Red Enamel Frame Possibly French
Description: Fabulous Little Red Enamel Miniature Frame With Inlayed Gilt Swags
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
Age: Estimate Early 20th Century
Weight: Weighs 14.6 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: DD
Price: £125.00
1867 Vintage Brass Souvenier Fan. Circus Artists Performers, Travelling Show
Description: Victorian Brass Photo Fan with Sepia Photographs and date registration number dating this to 1867. The photographs on this look rather oriental and this appears to be some type of circus or acrobatic troupe. I dont know for sure who they are but either they were a victorian circus or travelling show
Another possibility is this :- In 1885 a promoter built a working Japanese village in England and populated it with a variety of Japanese artisans and entertainers:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.1613 . It was a popular tourist attraction, and maybe this is a souvenir ?
The village was built later than the design registration date on the fan itself, which does not quite fit the theory.
If anyone can shed any light on who they are I would be interested to hear from you.
Marks: Date Registration Diamond for 1867
Size: Measures 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 fully opened out
Age: Victorian
Weight: Weighs 10.7 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: DS
Price: £150.00
Bronze Minature Buddha
Description: Vintage Miniature Seated Buddha Figure cast in Bronze
Code: Coll-12-2-1
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 36mm x 20mm
Date: Not Known - Estimate Early to Mid 20th century
Weight: Weighs 18.4 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £99.00
White Metal Harelquin Sugar Tongs Nips
Description: Vintage White Metal Sugar Tongs / Nips. These are Unmarked
Code: Coll-12-2-1
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 4 x 2 1/2 inches
Date: Not Known - Likley Mid 20th Century - These are copies of George III Sugar Tongs
Weight: Weighs 33.4 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Price: £95.00
White Metal Filigree Purse Bag in original Box
Description: Vintage Filigree White Metal Silver Plated Evening Bag in Original Fitted Box
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 4 1/4 x 3 inches
Age: Not known ?? Mid 20th Century
Weight: 132.8 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: Sold
Price: £110.00
Georgian Cut Steel Beads Misers Bag Purse
Description: Georgian Cut Steel Misers Purse Bag . Very similar examples of these can be seen at Wolverhamption Museum website.
These purses date to late 18th / early 19th century
http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/collections/browse_collections/locally_made/steel_jewellery?tab=browse&page=2http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/collections/browse_collections/locally_made/steel_jewellery/000253.html
Misers purses became popular in the late 1700s and were used by both sexes to hold money. Men carried them in their pockets, while women draped them over their hand or belt.
The misers purse was essentially a long fabric tube, with a slit in its mid-section. This opening could be accessed or closed off by sliding two rings back and forth.
It is thought that the name misers purse stemmed from the fact that it was difficult to lose or even remove coins from the deep pockets.
Wolverhampton and Bilston were centres of this craft. By 1770 there were 127 buckle makers in Wolverhampton, and 68 in Bilston.Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 11 1/2 inches long
Age: Late 18th / Early 19th Century
Weight: Weighs 148 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: DC
Price: £295.00
Georgian Cut Steel Misers Purse Bag
Description: Georgian Cut Steel Misers Purse Bag - Sticks to a magnet. Examples of very similar cut steel Misers purses can be seen at Wolverhampton Museum.
http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/collections/browse_collections/locally_made/steel_jewellery/000254.html
Misers purses became popular in the late 1700s and were used by both sexes to hold money. Men carried them in their pockets, while women draped them over their hand or belt.The misers purse was essentially a long fabric tube, with a slit in its mid-section. This opening could be accessed or closed off by sliding two rings back and forth.
It is thought that the name misers purse stemmed from the fact that it was difficult to lose or even remove coins from the deep pockets.
Wolverhampton and Bilston were centres of this craft. By 1770 there were 127 buckle makers in Wolverhampton, and 68 in Bilston.
Marks: Not Marked
Size: Measures 13 inches long
Age: Late 18th/ Early 19th Century
Weight: Weighs 76.1 grams
Condition: Very Good Condition
Status: For Sale
Code: DC
Price: £295.00
If you wish to make a purchase please email debbie@jewelscollectingdust.com
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