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17th Century: beaded Sweetbag, circa 1630

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A beadworked bag, English, circa 1630

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A beadworked bag, English, circa 1630, worked with white and clear carnation sprigs within golden beaded lozenges and a blue lattice, lined in white leather, plaited cord drawstring, 12cm, 3 3/4in wide pink silk upper edging is soiled and has perished in places revealing the leather lining, beadwork is coming away from the edging silk top left corner

I have no other info.

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17th Century: beadworked purse circa 1620-30

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A beadworked purse, English, circa 1620-30

A beadworked purse, English, circa 1620-30, worked with a repeat design of blue and white florets and a brown lattice, edged in blue silk, with bottle-shaped beaded tassels to the drawstring, lined in kid leather, 11cm, 4 1/4inSplits in beadwork to front and back, lacking a few beads, silk upper edge is a little frayed, one of the tassels is missing a pendant motif – there are two not

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17th Century: “REMEMBER THE PORE 1630” sweetbag

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17th Century: “REMEMBER THE POOR” sweetbag

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17th Century: 1600? sweetbag

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Sold at auction in 2003, no more info. Or better pictures.

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17th Century: “GOD INCREZ MY STOORE 1636” sweetbag

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A 17th Century glass beadwork purse: with legend “God Increz My Stoore 1636” and decorated in coloured beads with flowering shrubs, birds and plants

14cm. wide

Link at BHL auction house

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17th Century: “GIFT OF A FREND 1625” sweetbag

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Private collection. All I have on this.

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17th Century: “THE GIFT OF A FREND 1628” sweetbag

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Photo copyright V&A Museum

 

V&A Accession number T.249-1960 | link to item at V&A

A number of beaded bags from the early 17th century survive. Their stylised floral patterns and less expensive materials imitate the elaborate embroidered versions carried by the aristocracy. Many bear mottos or expressions relating to charity, friendship or luck, which suggests that they may have been used for gifts of money. This example is inscribed ‘the gift of a frend’.

The development of the ‘drawn-glass’ technique about 1490 allowed the manufacture of large numbers of small, round, coloured beads with a central hole, of the type used in this purse. The glassworks on the island of Murano near Venice were the most famous during the Renaissance, but by the early 17th century the technology had spread to glass-making centres in Amsterdam and Bavaria. Beads were produced mainly for trade with North America and Africa, but they were also sold in Europe for use in embroidery

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17th Century: “REMEMBER THE PORE 1630” sweetbag

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17th: “REMEMBER THE POORE 1630” sweetbag

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17th Century: “TH GUIFT OF A FRIEND 1623” sweetbag

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Beaded bag, 1623

Link to Sotheby’s listing

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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17th Century: Beaded Sweetbag, 1620-1660

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A beautiful little 390 years plus survivor, made in England circa 1630 to 1640 during the reign of Charles 1. This SMALL little British bag was made on a netted ground with yellow under cloth and entirely covered in glass beads. Often in the past called Swete Bags for holding pleasant smelling herbs, it is now thought that its purpose was most likely as a gift containing charity money or alms by a Carolean period lady. The word ALMS a shortened form of the Greek eleēmosýnē meaning compassion.

For similar examples of this little swete bag please visit some of the world’s finest museums including – The MFA Museum, Boston, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, The Museum of Bags and Purse, Amsterdam and The V & A Museum, London.

Purse or bags were very small at the beginning of the 17th century. This small flat rectangular bag is fairly simple in construction, the luxury being the Italian or Bavarian glass bead coverage. The brown geometric crosses with central yellow cross is very pretty. The turquoise glass beads surround these crosses again worked in a cross design. Pretty symbolic really when you remember the function as an alms purse to give charity. This small bag also has just about retained both of its original beaded side tassels, and remains of both its base corner looped tassels. Its drawstring chord is also original. Like extant examples at museums the woven silk top section is likely a later replacement. It once would have likely had a kid leather lining over the thick woven lining – long since perished.

Size: Purse body a tiny 4 inch tall by 4 1/2 inch wide (10 cm by 11.5 cm)

Condition: This nearly 400 year old example is not offered in perfect condition, as one would expect, it is showing signs of its vast age. PLEASE study our many images, zoom in and/or request more if needed. Our images form part of the description. This is nearly 400 years old, it is difficult to describe every sign of age. The two additional top chords would have had fancy tassels suspended from them, now vacant. The beadwork is as vibrant as it was in the 1640’s, however there is a central 1 inch vertical area of broken ground netting/missing beads to the reverse, shown in our images. As previously mentioned woven silk top section is likely a later replacement. It once would have likely had a kid leather lining over the top of the thick woven lining – long since perished

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17th Century: “REMEMBER THE POORE” Sweetbag, circa 1630

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Beaded Sweetbag, first half 17th century.

Item page at MFA Boston

English 1600–1700 (Jen’s guess is 1610-1650)
Object Place: England
Silk plain weave (faille) with glass bead embroidery on network of linen threads metallic lace trim and spangles, braided cords and beaded tassels
DIMENSIONS: Overall (without tassels and cord): 12 x 13 cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 38.1216
DESCRIPTION: Small square drawstring bag with netted glass seed beadwork. Beadwork inscription: “Remember the Poore.” Bird, flower, and acorn motifs. Pink silk ground with polychrome beadwork overlaid, mainly brown, green, yellow, white. Metallic bobbin lace trim and spangles stitched on in two rows at top. Braided cords with two beaded drawstring pulls. Three tassels at bottom.
Probably restyled at later date, when pink silk and metallic lace were added.
Collection of Mr. Percival Griffiths. Carrie Lauer Lehman (d. 1937), New York; to her husband, Philip Lehman (b. 1861 – d. 1947), New York; 1938, gift of Philip Lehman to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 21, 1938)

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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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17th Century: “REMEMBER THE POOR 1631” sweetbag

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 Item link @ Fitzwilliam Museum

Beads (opaque black, yellow, green and brick red; clear blue and gold) threaded on natural silk threads. Lined in leather, bound at top with pale blue satin. Around the top RE / MEMBER / THE / POOR / 1631. Cords for hanging and draw strings, pear-shaped beaded drops, each with two small tassels, three pairs of tassels on bottom edge.

Height: 5 in
Width: 5 in

Note

Label text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: This colourful beadwork purse acted as a reminder of the importance of charity and a public expression of piety, clearly expressed by the 2019-12-04-s, ‘REMEMBER THE POORE’. Every time the owner dipped her gloved hand inside to remove a coin, she would see this instruction. England, 1631 Satin, leather lining, silk thread, cord and polychrome glass beads.

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17th Century: “AN KILLAM PURS 1627” sweetbag

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Private collection of Jen Funk Segrest

Initial thoughts:

  • Size 11/0 Czech beads for sure match up, they are the same size. I have a few pics showing some translucent pink 11/0 from my supplies.
  • Design was worked vertically and folded and joined on the sides nearly invisibly. I think. Then the top border of beads was attached to a braided type stitch that goes through the fine kidskin leather lining that bears the weight of the beads.
  • There is very little damage, but one section looks to have some navy blue thread worked in to close a area . It has distinct twisted ply not seen in the other threads, it might be newer repair. I have seen them use multiple colors in period pieces of embroidery, but need to have more time.

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17th Century: “SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS”

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© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Beadwork bag with royal beasts and motto
English, mid-17th century (date of creation)

Reference URL: https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/787469

Linen and silk fabrics, linen and metal threads, glass beads, wood; netted beadwork

This netted beadwork drawstring purse is a personal statement of political allegiance. The lion and unicorn support a crowned red rose under the initials C R for King Charles. The motto SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (‘If God is with us, who is against us’) was quoted by Speaker Glanville addressing Charles in the House of Commons on 15 April 1640.

Dimensions: 16.5 x 23cm (height x width)

Inscription/mark: B M, Initials

THE FELLER COLLECTION. Gift of Michel and Elizabeth Feller, 2014, WA2014.71.22, Accession no.: WA2014.71.29

Presented by Micheál and Elizabeth Feller, in honour of Professor Christopher Brown, CBE, 2014.

 

Citations:

Brooks, Mary M., Feller, Elizabeth; Holdsworth, Jacqueline, Micheál & Elizabeth Feller The Needlework Collection: 1 (UK, Hascombe; Needleprint, 2011), page illustrated: 118

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17th Century: “THE GIFT OF A FRIEND 1631” sweetbag

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Gift of a Friend sweetbag

English, 1631 (date of creation)

Material and technique: netted beadwork; glass beads, linen, leather, silk ribbon

Dimensions: 12.5 x 18cm (height x width)

Inscription/mark: THE GIFT OF A FRIEND 1631, on front and back in beadwork

Presented by Micheál and Elizabeth Feller, in honour of Professor Christopher Brown, CBE, 2014.

In the collection of the Asmolean Musuem, Oxford, UK

Accession no.: WA2014.71.33
https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/787473

Further reading:
Brooks, Mary M., Feller, Elizabeth; Holdsworth, Jacqueline, Micheál & Elizabeth Feller The Needlework Collection: 1 (UK, Hascombe; Needleprint, 2011), page illustrated: 114

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17th Century: “GIFT OF A FREND 1632” sweetbag

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An exceedingly rare beaded purse with multicolored glass beads on a leather base, and with beaded and wood toggle closures. This early purse might be unique because of its age and that the date is actually worked into the decoration as part of the phrase “Gift of a Friend 1632”. The interior of the purse is of a very soft, fine leather, probably deerskin or lambskin.

Especially considering its age the purse is in excellent and exceptional condition, with all the beadwork present. One of the pendent tassels at the bottom is missing, and there is some expected and minor wear to the material above the beadwork. All parts of the bag are structurally sound. The size is 5″ wide by 4 1/2″ tall, not including the tassels or drawstrings.

 

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17th Century: “I PRAY GOD TO B MY GUIDE 1634” sweetbag

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1634, English

V&A Accession number T.55-1927 | link to item at V&A

The most luxurious embroidered purses, made in leather, velvet and silk, were used by both men and women. Women’s purses were similar to those carried by men, but smaller, taking the form of tasselled bags that closed with tasselled drawstrings. These were often embroidered, while beadwork on leather was also popular. The decoration on this purse depicts a sprig of green and yellow acorns between a pair of birds with lozenges and flowers. It is inscribed ‘I PRAY GOD TO B(sic) MY GUIDE 1634’.

A number of early 17th-century beaded bags bear mottos or expressions relating to charity, friendship or luck. These two examples carry the messages, ‘I pray God to B my guide 1634’ [T.55-1927] and ‘Hit or miss there it is 1628’ [T.250-1960]. They would have been used to carry either sweet-smelling herbs or small gifts. V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out. (12/2020)

Bibliography: John Lea Nevinson, Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, London: HMSO, 1938, p.100, plate LXXII

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Small flat bag of coloured beads netted on a foundation of thick linen thread, and patterned with bird and flowers and inscribed ‘IN HOP ME HART DOTH REST’. With brown, green, white, yellow and blue beads. Lined with chamois leather. Above the beadwork is a band of material of green silk covered with a pale pink silk.

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There is also a pink satin lining and pink ribbon handles. The pink silk and satin are probably later additions.

‘IN HOP ME HART DOTH REST’ (Inscribed in beadwork above the birds and flowers)

  • Width: 13cm
  • Length: 11.5cm
  • Width: 5.125in
  • Length: 4.5in

 

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17th Century: “HERE IT IS HIT OR MISS 1628” sweetbag

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A number of beaded bags from the early 17th century survive. Their stylized floral patterns and less expensive materials imitate the elaborate embroidered versions carried by the aristocracy. Many bear mottos or expressions relating to charity, friendship or luck, which suggests that they may have been used for gifts of money.
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Materials & Making
The development of the ‘drawn-glass’ technique about 1490 allowed the manufacture of large numbers of small, round, coloured beads with a central hole, of the type used in this purse. The glassworks on the island of Murano near Venice were the most famous during the Renaissance, but by the early 17th century the technology had spread to glass-making centres in Amsterdam and Bavaria. Beads were produced mainly for trade with North America and Africa, but they were also sold in Europe for use in embroidery.

Subjects Depicted
The expression ‘hit or miss’ is first recorded in the English language in William Shakespeare’s play Troilus and Cressida published in 1606, where it has the same meaning of random luck that it has today. The expression may have derived from a country dance also known as ‘hit and miss’, recorded as early as 1626.

Purse of brown glass beads on a ground of netted silk. With a diamond diaper pattern in blue and white beads with clusters of green and blue beads at the intersections. In each diamond a letter ‘S’ in dark blue beads is surrounded by white and yellow beads. Lined with leather and buff silk. Two tassels of buff silk ribbon at the bottom.

  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
  • Depth: 1cm

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17th Century: “HEARE ET IS HIT OR MISS”, first half 16th

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Beaded leather bag, 1630s, British; inscribed ‘heare et is hit or miss’, acorn pattern

 

A number of beaded bags from the early 17th century survive. Their stylized floral patterns and less expensive materials imitate the elaborate embroidered versions carried by the aristocracy. Many bear mottos or expressions relating to charity, friendship or luck, which suggests that they may have been used for gifts of money. This example is inscribed ‘heare et is hit or miss’.

The development of the ‘drawn-glass’ technique about 1490 allowed the manufacture of large numbers of small, round, coloured beads with a central hole, of the type used in this purse. The glassworks on the island of Murano near Venice were the most famous during the Renaissance, but by the early 17th century the technology had spread to glass-making centres in Amsterdam and Bavaria. Beads were produced mainly for trade with North America and Africa, but they were also sold in Europe for use in embroidery.

The expression ‘hit or miss’ is first recorded in the English language in William Shakespeare’s play Troilus and Cressida published in 1606, where it has the same meaning of random luck that it has today. The expression may have derived from a country dance also known as ‘hit and miss’, recorded as early as 1626.

Text from: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74982/purse-unknown/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O158778/bag-unknown/

Physical description: A flat, square leather bag, covered with red, white, green, yellow and blue glass beads in a repeating pattern of stylized acorns. It has silver thread loops, silk tassels and holes in the leather for a drawstring

Place of Origin: Great Britain (made)

Date: 1630-1639 (made)

Materials and Techniques: Kidskin, glass beads, linen thread, silk thread, silver thread; hand sewn, hand beaded

Dimensions: Length: 13.0 cm approx., bag only, Width: 14.6 cm approx., bag only

Beaded leather bag, 1630s, British; inscribed ‘heare et is hit or miss’, acorn pattern

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no): John Lea Nevinson, Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, London: HMSO, 1938, p.100

Materials: Kidskin; Glass beads; Linen thread; Silk thread; Silver thread

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