Bag, fabric body of the reticule still attached, late 18th or early 19th century.
Date Made or Date Range:
1780s to 1820s
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Materials
good, moosehair colours have faded;
Original and Subsequent Uses
Ruth Phillips: These types of bags were popular souvenir items for British soldiers in the late 18th century.
Other Notes
;; Ruth Phillips: a number of reticule bottoms have been preserved in museum collections, but it is rare to find one with the fabric body of the reticule still attached.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
late 18th or early 19th century by type of manufacture.
Unknown artist, bag. Currently at National Museums Scotland, A.1975.3. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007 in which the author took part; GRASAC item id 25495.
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