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SWEETMEAT PURSE

Unknownc1630-50

Simone Handbag Museum

Simone Handbag Museum
Seoul , South Korea

The bold flowers on this purse may have conveyed to its recipient the love of an admirer. For centuries flowers were understood to be tacit declarations of affection. The poet John Donne wrote how a gift of flowers ‘might with speechlesse secrecie / Deliver errands mutely, and mutually’.

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  • Title: SWEETMEAT PURSE
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: c1630-50
  • Location Created: BRITISH
  • Type: Handbag
  • Rights: SIMONE HANDBAG MUSEUM
  • Medium: SILK AND METAL THREAD,METAL BRAID,AND SILK RIBBON
Simone Handbag Museum

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