Artist:Abraham Besthoff & Sons
Medium: Leather, silver mounts
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Dates:ca. 1885
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 7/8 in. (7.0 x 12.1 x 2.2 cm)
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Accession Number: 1992.204.3
Catalogue Description: Wallet, leather and metal with silver mounts. Rectangular wallet with rounded corners of dark brown textured leather. Back flap folds over to front where it is secured by a circular, hinged disc clasp of silver with applied, molded and engraved decoration of heron, cattails and birds. Each corner edge of the flap is mounted with silver boomerang-shaped mount with applied molded and engraved decoration of a heron, cattails and birds flanked by a dragonfly and a grasshopper. Wallet has accordion-fold interior with six compartments. The first compartment has fold-over flap and the fourth has a metal rim and closure. CONDITION: Some wear to leather on edges; whitish residue from polish on leather near mounts. Oxidation to mounts; corrosion to metal mounts of fourth interior compartment and interior of hinged disc on front.