Purse, Change
- Object Name:
- Purse, Change
- Object ID:
- 1966.041.23
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Coin purse. Small, snap-type purse made of tortoise shell with engraved silver edges. Shell inlaid with silver floral design in center. Paper note inside, inscribed "Purse belonged to / Lucretia Osgood/ Harrington Baker / My Grandmother / Jessie L. P. Leavitt."
- Material:
- Metal
Skeletal
Tortoise shell
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-2.3 L-3 D-0.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marie Busiel Plummer
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