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The flat, circular base with sides gathered on a drawstring prevented spilling or revealing the contents.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>This gaming purse is quite plain, with no embroidery, only a twist of copper gilt thread.  Its lack of decoration may have been deliberate, to deceive other players into thinking its owner had little money.  Copper gilt was a cheap substitute for the precious metal thread made of silver-gilt.<br><br><b>Social Class</b><br>Playing and betting on card games was a socially acceptable pastime for the wealthy in the late 17th century.  Along with dancing, riding and the theatre, it was an amusement for those classes that did not have to work.","physicalDescription":"Gaming purse of green silk velvet, lined with white silk taffeta. It has circular base reinforced with pasteboard; the sides pleated and pulled together with drawstrings of narrow copper gilt braid and 2 spherical tassels of silver wire, net and filé and purl. 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A gentleman or lady who did not participate in games such as 'Quadrille' and 'Basset' would have been considered 'low-bred and hardly fit for conversation' according to  'The Compleat Gamester', published in 1674. Typically, a gaming purse had a flat, circular base with sides gathered on a drawstring.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["2010-1899"],"accessionNumberNum":"2010","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1899,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP6720","2019LR5766","2019LV0310"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":true}}