Beaded bag, 1623

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Signed TH GUIFT OF A FRIEND 1623

In good condition, with old restorations and later stitching along two vertical seams running from the bottom to the top border in between the I and E of ‘FRIEND’ and between ‘GIFT’ and ‘OF’. Wear and old restorations to the green ribbon border along the top

Height 4 in.

Provenance

Mayorcas Ltd, London, January 1976;, Vogel Collection no. 233

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