Exquisite Hand Embroidered Hand Bag, Silver and Gold Metallic Thread on Velvet group of carved animals --for the Greek goddess Medusa

--for the Greek goddess Medusa

7 1/4” t measured on square

Great in the kitchen or pantry--looks like a mason jar to me

pieces measure about 4 3/4" long

I'd guess this basket dates to the first half of the 20th century

Exquisite Hand Embroidered Hand Bag, Silver and Gold Metallic Thread on Velvet group of carved animals --for the Greek goddess MedusaNot exactly my usual thing (and my handbag of choice is a New Yorker tote) but the embroidery on this handbag is so fine and so beautiful I completely fell in love with it (and really feel like someone should carry it to a Met gala!) In trying to research and place it, I realized that what the metallic embroidery in gold and silver reminds me most of is a 19th c. French or Italian reliquary I recently had incorporating very elaborate metallic thread