Handkerchief

Europe

19th century

  • Titles Handkerchief (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton lace, linen
  • Dimensions 14 x 14 in. (35.6 x 35.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Barbara Adler Zeluck and Richard M. Adler in memory of their parents, Hermione and Julian Adler, 1991.808
  • Work Type handkerchief
  • Classification Costume

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Small, delicate silver basket on raised and pierced oval foot, the edges of the oval basket scalloped and below the rim engraved with wavy, dotted lines, below that a band of piercing in a pattern of scrolling foliage and a central roundel with floral motifs between vertical elements that mirror the pattern on the foot, the well likewise engraved with scroll and dot motifs, with reeded swing handle.
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