Change purse | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1860

Medium: Silver, leather, cardboard, grosgrain, silk
Dimensions: 2 1/8 × 1/2 × 3/4 in. (5.398 × 1.27 × 1.905 cm, 43 g)
Credit Line: Gift of Carl R. Kossack, B.S. 1931, M.A. 1933
Accession Number: 1985.84.163
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Apparel/Costume
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

Erin E. Eisenbarth, Baubles, Bangles, and Beads: American Jewelry from Yale University, 1700–2005 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2005), checklist, no. 32.

"Acquisitions 1985–1987," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 40, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 50.

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

coin purses

"COIN" [Roman capitals] incuse on flange of bottom.

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