Miser Purse Crocheted Civil War/Victorian White 100% cotton Reticule Purse

Description

Hand made 100% cotton Victorian/Civil War style "miser's purse" or bag.   The bag 12" long, The square part of the purse is about 4 inches square, the rounded part of the purse is about 4 1/2" wide by 5" long. It is unlined, but the stitches are dense enough that the bag does not need a lining.  There is a slit in the center portion of the purse which can be opened to insert money, and other items. There is a small brass ring which slides back and forth to allow access to the slit or to keep it closed. This is a new, un-used item, made by a retired Civil War sutler. I also have available matching hair net and mitts. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
"Dating from early in the 19th century to around 1880.
This little bag is a curious shape and has a curious name.  Long and very narrow, with single small pouches at either end, usually one ending in a rounded shape and the other having a squared-off shape, there is a narrower neck in the middle with a slit, and either one or two rings gathering it closed.  These were most often crocheted or knitted, with varying quantities of beads, they were carried in the hand or pinned within the garment or slung over the waistband of the wearer with one pouch exposed.  You'll most often find these in burgundy, navy and black, with steel beads crocheted in a rather sparse pattern on the pouches.   Called Miser bags because of the restricted way you got access to your money--by sliding the ring away from the pouch and then being barely able to get two fingers inside the slit opening.  You literally had to "pinch the pennies" to bring out money from the bag.  The two different shapes of the pouches denoted silver or gold coins within, or in the case of two identical pouches, coin and paper money compartments.
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