H85.73.1

purse. Description: brown leather hand-tooled fold-over, clutch purse; fastens with "gold" colored metal clasp finished with a wooden block; lined in pig skin with a zipper compartment in the center. outside decorated with stylized flowers. Dimensions: 13 1/8" x 7" x 1-1/2" condition: very good, some spots and a few small scuffs. History: Made by a naval officer while he was in Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland. Leather working was favored for of Occupational Therapy during and just after World War II. Nice clasp - envelope style bag, not fun to carry. (Joan Severa, 3/7/1994)

Used: Oakland | Adult | Female | Daytime