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Woman's purse
Woman's purse

Woman's purse

Whiting & Davis Co. (American, founded 1896)
1920s
Object PlacePlainsville, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMetal
DimensionsOverall: 38.1 × 14 × 1.3 cm (15 × 5 1/2 × 1/2 in.) Bag is 9 inches in height without chain.
Credit LineGift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler
Accession number2010.1376
On View
On view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 2010, purchased by Jacqueline Fowler, Stanford, CT; 2010, year-end gift of Fowler to the MFA. (Accession date: January 26, 2011)
Group shot: 2009.4221, 2009.4222.1-2
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Group shot: 2009.4221, 2009.4222.1-2
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20th century
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1940s
Image Not Available for Hat
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1939–1945
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Tablespoon
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about 1820
Restricted
Porringer
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about 1820
Child's cup
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Image Not Available for Tablespoon (one of a pair)
Tablespoon (one of a pair)
Davis, Palmer & Co.
about 1840–1845
Image Not Available for Tablespoon (one of a pair)
Tablespoon (one of a pair)
Davis, Palmer & Co.
about 1840–45
Sugar bowl
Sugar bowl
Davis, Palmer & Co.
1838–45