Jan Anthonie Karstan
Needlepoint Chatelaine Purse
Frame: 1776; needlepoint: early 20th century
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Jan Anthonie Karstan
Needlepoint Chatelaine Purse
Frame: 1776; needlepoint: early 20th century
Physical Qualities
Cotton or linen net ground, silk embroidery threads, silk lining and trim, silver purse frame, 10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (26 x 23.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jane Daniels, Baltimore
Object Number
2014.78
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Jane Daniels, Baltimore, by inheritance; Josephine Poe January Daniels (mother-in-law)
Inscribed: Engraved on reverse of silver frame in pinpoint script: "JJ " or "TT" or "I I" / 1776" Silvermark: [three cherries on a branch] Also bears marks including a design with a divided crown (with an orb and cross), a scrolled design of what may be the initials "R" and "L" or "R" "I" "L" similar to a royal cypher, but as yet unidentified.
