Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report snowman and snowwoman then chronologically

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I am pretty much positive this is that

with a diameter of 2 3/4" across at lid and 1 7/8" across at base

The box opens and closes easily and is in good overall condition

Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report snowman and snowwoman then chronologicallyTo my eye and sensibilities, this is a gloriously beautiful thing, and among the most special textiles I've had in my possession. It is an 18th century crewelwork embroidery, wool on linen, which I believe was originally a purse. (At the end of photos is a photo of a 1986 page from Maine Antiques Digest documenting a similar crewelwork purse believed to have been owned by John Richardson of Townsend MA sold along with a small watercolor of a house for