Posted 6 years ago
JodyLee
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Here is a red metal beaded material or scraf but I am not sure
The material is 13 inches long with metal tassles at one end
one end does have an opening
The material is 13 inches in length.
I purchase this at an estate sale and I have no idea what it is.
The owners daugther didn't what the material represents
Please help me to identify this material, your help is highly appreciated.
It is a hand bag. It was worn over the arm and held the stuff needed at a dance.
They are called a ‘Miser’s Purse’, I think.
This is so pretty! I have a purse habit and would love to have one of these.
Yes, it is a miser's purse, with cut steel.
Thanks, Vetraio50 and TassieDevil for your help
What a wonderful miser's purse you have! I have referencebook "Sacs a man" by Judit Miller. Unfortunately I don't understand French byt the timeline I understand and it puts this type of purse/bag at around 1890. I believe this could be about right for yours due to the cutsteel beads that was high fashion from around 1880 here in Europe. There were cutsteel jewelry and buckles before that but this was the peak. Yours looks quite old as well. Cut steel jewelry are saught after and my pulse went up when I saw your purse. If there is no rust on the beads your purse should be quite valuable. This is the thing with cut steel, you need to keep it away from damp. Lots of cut steel pieces have rusted therefore if you have cut steel with no rust they are saught after by collectors. I'm wondering about the material of the small pendants. Could be some other material, silver? Lovely!
Here is a link to another miser's:
https://www.countryliving.com/shopping/antiques/g525/handbag-appraisal-0408-synd/.
My referencebook is "Sachs a main".