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A Priceless Handbag?

A Priceless Handbag?

  Ever wonder who started the designer handbag trend? Well wonder no more.  According to Curator Rachel Ward of The Courtauld Gallery this bag is believed to be from 1300's Mongolian Noblewoman. It was discovered in Mosul Iraq and thought to be the oldest know handbag in existence.  It is brass and inlaid with gold and silver depicting a courtly scene. There are musicians, hunters, and revellers depicted. This would have...