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Jan 3, 2012
Mount for Purse or Escarcelle
Mount for Purse or Escarcelle
c. 1559
workshop of Diego de Çaias
(Spanish, 1535–1560)
Steel with gold inlay
Overall: 19 x 13.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1550
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This object served as a frame for a mounted leather or cloth purse. Worn by men at the waist, such purses were attached by means of a suspension swivel. The handsome gold inlay depicting hunting and military scenes includes the inscription ALFONSVS ESTENSIS, as well as a coat-of-arms that identifies the owner as Alfonso II d'Este, created Duke of Ferrara in 1559.
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