REGENCY PURSE MUSEUM & antique coin purses

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VICTORIAN GRAND TOUR SOUVENIR COIN PURSE

Grand Tour purses with Eglomise paintings 1840 - 1900.

Travel souvenirs with tiny paintings of famous buildings.

Grand Tour Reticule

Victorian Grand Tour purse Victorian 1850’s   pursemuseum2.com

Victorian Grand Tour purse Victorian 1850’s pursemuseum2.com

Grand Tour purse, draw string, tassels and  Eglomise Painting

The Grand Tour

In the 18th and early 19th century wealthy Englishman went to the European Continent for a classical education. This was known as the ’Grand Tour’. They also collected Souvenirs. many of them large statutes and ancient artifacts.

 In the mid 1800’s with rail and steamship availability, middle class travelers could now travel to Europe for their own Grand Tour. This Victorian era  produced the small purse Souvenirs pictured here.

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