City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Personal Effects, man's leather purse, c1900
... leatherwork, craftwork, pioneers, early settlers, Moorabbin.... leatherwork, craftwork, pioneers, early settlers, Moorabbin, Bentleigh ...
Early settlers in Moorabbin Shire had to be self reliant and made their own clothes and equipment as they established their farms and market gardens. This leather purse is an example of the Craftwork.A man's soft leather 'coin purse' with 4 compartments and metal press studleatherwork, craftwork, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, menswear
