Thought it was about time to have a 'mystery object', so here is one. The coin below it is a pound. Most of what can be seen of the object is silk, although on the lower half are iron sort of 'strengtheners.' The coin is there to give an idea of size. It is a pound. What you can see is a sort of protective bag, with the outer container of the item inside the bag then the actual item inside the iron container. I think that is clear and might help an educated guess - hope so anyway.
Alright. Try Where ?, When? then What ?, This sometimes helps.
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It is a 4 inch x 6 inch semi-armoured draw-string (tapestry?) silk bag with a yellow loop by which to suspend it from a gally-gaskin point. I assume the iron-mongry is to dissuade cut-purses from cutting this purse. The metal-work could be between 1630 and 1930, the cloth suggests the first half of this time period. A charming but somewhat inelegant piece.
My problem with this description is that the silk suspension loop would not seriously over-tax an experienced cut-purse - why, I ask myself, is the loop not also chain-link?
See entry for 18th December for possible answers.
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