1910s Steel Cut Bead Purse Antique Chatelaine Black Beaded Bag Art Nouveau Silver Tennis Racket Frame

1910s Steel Cut Bead Purse Antique Chatelaine Black Beaded Bag Art Nouveau Silver Tennis Racket FrameHere's a fantastic and unique antique circa 1910 black steel cut beaded chatelaine purse. It has a lovely tennis racket and floral Art Nouveau designed frame, and is in excellent condition. This piece has a chatelaine chain that could be attached to a woman's sash or belt. The lovely frame is silver; possibly a sterling silver exterior frame that is unmarked. It has a push button on the top of the bag for opening, and opens to a beige suede interior

This is a lovely vintage circa 1900's Victorian hand painted porcelain pin or antique brooch

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It's has a blank cartouche perfect for engraving your initials

When opened it shows a flower and butterfly design painted on the interior lid

This is a pretty vintage 1920's Whiting & Davis silver tone mesh gate top purse

Any light marks are reflections

One side of the bottle has a small paper label reading "net weight 3 1/2 ozs"

as well as very slight oxidation around the raised dogwood blossoms

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It has engraved initials on the lid that are very hard to read in old script

and has a beaded shoulder strap that measures 40 inches in total length

with the original comb