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WALLET

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1774

GUSN

GUSN-32550

Description

Light brown; rounded flap with string closure; embossed with linear border - front, back and flap; 2 compartments lined with faded red and green marble paper. Glued together - no stitching.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallets
accessories
leather
paper (fiber product)
Men's personal gear
Unidentified Paper
WALLET

Inscription

Handwriting on interior: ""J(?)n o(above & right of ""n"") Mitchel's Book 1774"" there is more writing but it has faded.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.75 x 6 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1929.147

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