The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Mother of Pearl Purse [ARK00065]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: Mother of Pearl plates, finely carved and decorated, fixed on either side of a green silk purse. Purse opens into "V" shape when opened with mother of pearl plates on either side. "A pretty kind of nunn's [sic.] work purse, made of greenish silk, and a carved work mother of pearls shell, presented me like-wise by a nun, for which I paid for double, according to the custom". ] (approx early - mid 17th cent)