- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Two steel rings [.1-.2] for a long purse. [MJD 28/06/2010]
- Geographical reference
- England Essex
- Cultural groups
- English
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1800-1900
- Date collected
- By 1948
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1948
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 16 mm, Diameter 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1949.9.419.1 Accession number: 1949.9.419.2
- Research and responses
OED online: penny purse, (a) a purse for pence or small coins;
1949.9.419.1
Two steel rings [.1-.2] for a long purse. [MJD 28/06/2010]
1949.9.419.1
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