Lot 545

A lady's Scottish silver mounted purse

Auction: 13 July 2011 at 12:00 BST
£275
Description
James Aitchison, Edinburgh 1905, modelled as a sporran, the silver cantle engraved Celtic knots and beasts, set two oval amethysts and a central citrine, the rear engraved 'Mrs Musgrove, Botcherby Hall, Carlisle' the leather stamped with thistles and leather tassels, all suspended from a belcher link silver chain
Footnote
The Electoral register for Botcherby Hall shows an Esther and Henry Musgrave resident in 1918
