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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 93

A Victorian Lord Chancellor´s Purse An exceptionally rare and magnificent bag, 19 in. deep, of crimson velvet bound with gold lace, the face richly decorated with the Royal Arms (post 1837) surrounded by a border of cherubs´ heads etc., all embroidered in deep relief in gold, silver and colours, and with four massive tassels, worked in crimson and gold, attached to the purse. With a glazed and painted wooden display case (2). See illustration Estimate £ 2,500-3,000

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£2,600