Ladies 17th century narrow belt purse

This purse is made from oak gall black goat and calf skin and is stitched by hand. The design for this purse comes from "Peasants Before an Inn" by Jan Steen 1653 and is a typical 17th century style. It has a draw string fronted bag with a stiff calf leather back and belt loop. The bag is kept close with a drawstring that has hand made beads on the ends and is covered with a button flap.

It measures 12 x 5 inches (30 x 12cm).