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Reticule
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Beaded purse with a machine-stitch inside. Cut steel frame with a push button clasp. Lined with brilliant orange taffeta. Base has blue folded band border above and within. Tiny aqua bead looped tassel at base. Front features a spaniel with a gold collar.
G99.053
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Reticule
Female
Beads
Taffeta
Blue
Tan
Yellow
Red
1831
Inscription
On back.
Eliza Hall 1831
English
Embroidered
Hall, Eliza