17th Century: “I PRAY GOD TO BE MY GUIDE 1638” Sweetbag

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A beadwork sweetbag

English, 1638
The coloured beads designed with rows of flowerheads, having a border with ‘I Pray God To Be My Guide 1638’, in white beads, the drawstring fastening with pear shaped bead weights, later lined.

For similar purse see Domestic Needlework by G. Saville Seliciman and Talbot Hughes, plate 40, pub 1926

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