Figure 3

Top: Tiny miser purse finely netted in red silk. Tassels of loops of steel beads. Sliders of faceted steel. 9″ long, including tassels. c. 1800.
Center: Miser purse of knitted blue silk interspersed with gold beads. Tassels of twisted loops of gold beads. Steel sliders, probably not original to the purse. 12″ long, including tassels. c. 1820.
Bottom: Tiny miser purse of netted red silk. Tassels of faceted steel beads. Sliders of faceted steel. 9″ long, including tassels. c. 1800.