Purse with Coin Purse and Mirror
19th century
19th Century
9 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Clothing and Accessories
Medium and Support:
silk
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum
Accession Number:
1982.151.a-c
A black, ribbed silk purse on a silver rococco-style frame. It has a change purse and mirror. This purse belonged to Jeanette Moss Knapp (1876-1952) who married Herbert Griswold in the late 1920s and lived at Griswold Point in Old Lyme.