Pocketbook
Date1790-1810
Artist/Maker
Matilda Lynch Charlton
MediumSilk, paper lining, silk embroidery.
DimensionsL (closed): 4 1/2"; W: 5 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1982-193
DescriptionFolding pocketbook of purple silk embroidered with a design of a bird on a branch (exterior) and a flowering cornucopia (interior). Marked in cross stitch on exterior, "MATILDA LYNCH/CHARLTON," "R" and "W".Mark(s)"MATILDA LYNCH CHARLTON, "R", and "W" embroidered on pocketbook.ProvenanceCame out of a Montgomery County, Va. collection. Matilda Charlton was the daughter of James Charlton (1752-1825) who moved to Southwest Virginia between 1763 and 1768. He married first Abigail Bowles in 1776; second Hannah Ziegler. Matilda married a Miller. See Kegley, EARLY ADVENTURERS ON THE WESTERN WATERS, Vol. 1, p. 331.
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