Net Purse

Net purse, belonged to Eleanor Anne Franklin (nee Porden). Silver net purse on a frame, with a tassel at the end in the shape of a crown with bead tassel attached. Label: 'To E.A. Porden on her marriage with Captain Franklin 16 Aug 1823'.

Object Details

ID: REL0621
Collection: Relics
Type: Net Purse
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1823
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees
Measurements: Overall: 6 x 178 x 70 mm