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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ce BCA, post: 4456719, member: 18716&quot;]It&#039;s a general Art Nouveau purse, I suspect the guy who sold it to you was a hawker, they have always been around antiques markets etc offloading stuff, I used to see them all them time years ago and when working with my dad back in the day.&nbsp; I would place a large bet that it was never in his family etc.&nbsp; The purse wasn&#039;t made for someone specific, depictions of glamourous period ladies were popular at the time.&nbsp; Here&#039;s another the same, there would had been many produced by the same silversmith in its time:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/422174/antique-sterling-silver-art-nouveau-purse-1902/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/422174/antique-sterling-silver-art-nouveau-purse-1902/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/422174/antique-sterling-silver-art-nouveau-purse-1902/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If someone comes to your stall trying to sell stuff, especially if they lean on a family story be very sceptical, especially if they are old ladies!</p><p><br /></p><p>In the condition as is you are not really going to get much more than melt, and fixing it would probably cost more than you would get back.&nbsp; So you haven&#039;t really lost anything at least.&nbsp; In good order in the UK you would get around £200 retail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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