Purse (kin-chaku) with Pendant (netsuke) and Cord Fastener
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectagular leather purse with curved corners; stamped silvered and varnished floral decoration througout; front flap with applied silver decoration at edge, depicting small mouse sitting on two flower stalks. Strap at top, consisting of blue cord with one enameled brass bead and circular carved ivory pendant in form of piled fish.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
label: made in
content: Netherlands (leather)
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-48-73
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Purse (kin-chaku) with Pendant (netsuke) and Cord Fastener
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stamped, silvered, and varnished Dutch leather, carved ivory, enamel and brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (including cord and pendant): 21.5 × 10.5 × 2.5 cm (8 7/16 in. × 4 1/8 in. × 1 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (purse): 8 × 10.5 × 2.5 cm (3 1/8 in. × 4 1/8 in. × 1 in.)