A sterling silver chainmail evening bag, with a softly rounded silver frame, ball clasp, linked chain handle and finely worked mesh body.
The frame bears marks for Cohen & Charles, the London silver importers and makers known for elegant early 20th-century silver purses, bags and vanity pieces. Pieces of this type were often produced during the Edwardian period into the 1910s, when silver mesh evening bags became fashionable accessories for formal dress.
The bag has a fluid, textile-like quality, with thousands of small interlinked rings forming a draped chainmail body. A refined collector’s piece, perfect for display with an antique silver collection or to be worn as evening wear.
Cohen & Charles
London import marks
Early 20th century, c.1910s.
A sterling silver chainmail evening bag, with a softly rounded silver frame, ball clasp, linked chain handle and finely worked mesh body.
The frame bears marks for Cohen & Charles, the London silver importers and makers known for elegant early 20th-century silver purses, bags and vanity pieces. Pieces of this type were often produced during the Edwardian period into the 1910s, when silver mesh evening bags became fashionable accessories for formal dress.
The bag has a fluid, textile-like quality, with thousands of small interlinked rings forming a draped chainmail body. A refined collector’s piece, perfect for display with an antique silver collection or to be worn as evening wear.
Cohen & Charles
London import marks
Early 20th century, c.1910s.
