Victorian beaded reticule

The purse below is my first attempt at beading using a purse mold. The beads are all vintage (probably dating to the 1930s), whilst the expanding brass opening at the top is also antique (a lucky find at auction, which took alot of polishing to bring up nicely!)

The bag is lined with silk, which is actually a magenta pink but this just hasn't photographed correctly.

The tassel at the bottom is made up of a large glass bead, a wood bead covered with silk and gold in a chevron design, and a skirt of beaded loops.