Stealing the show with a clasp bag

‘For you darling, it used to be Granny’s, so take good care of it!’ The bride’s mother looks at her daughter gravely as she presents her with this clasp bag (10), a family heirloom. She got it from her own mother, and she hopes that her daughter will later pass it on to her daughter. There is a fair chance that the bride will have another bag put on the clasp: a less old-fashioned model. The silver clasp serves to hang the bag on a richly decorated, silver hook (11), which is then attached to the skirt band. It is a real eye-catcher. In it there were usually a purse (12) containing a few coins, a peppermint box (13) and a so-called lodderin box (14) (a corruption of: l’eau de la reine) with a small sponge soaked in a nice perfume. For when you wanted to be relieved from the body odour of the people around you for a while. Other accessories hang next to the bag, such as a silver knitting wool holder (15), a pair of scissors (16) and a case for knitting pins (17). Things that enable you to continue working anywhere on a sweater or a pair of socks. Both practical and at the same time a way for the owner to show her wealth and taste.