Purse

Description

Small purse of deerskin with a rectangular brass clasp incised with dot-and-circle ornament, said to have been owned by Rob Roy MacGregor, from Perthshire, 18th century

Museum reference

H.NE 37

Object name

Purse

Date

18th century

Materials

Deerskin, Brass

Physical description

Deerskin with brass clasp

Associations

Possible owner: Macgregor, Rob Roy, 1671 - 1734
Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites (23 Jun 2017 - 12 Nov 2017)
  National Museum of Scotland

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