Handbag, knitted mid blue and black silk lavishly trimmed with cut steel beads, a deep steel bead fringe and tassels, on shaped cut steel frame with long rope handle of steel beads, lined cream satin with two small internal pockets, small propelling pen

Handbag, knitted mid blue and black silk lavishly trimmed with cut steel beads, a deep steel bead fringe and tassels, on shaped cut steel frame with long rope handle of steel beads, lined cream satin with two small internal pockets, small propelling pencil found inside, approximate width excluding fringe 115mm, approximate depth excluding fringe 145mm, c1850-1860s