A Jaunty, Dorset-Rex tortoise, briefcase style, lucite handbag,with fine line reddish veining. Double horse-shoe hinged handle, brass hardware. Unusual interior lined with pink satin gusset type fabric hinges, mounted with brass strips and signed satin bottom, marked in gold - "Dorset-Rex, Fifth Avenue - design pat. pend." This dates the bag before 1954 - Perfect except for blue pen marks inside of one hinge - Measures: 8"x3"x 5".

This item was part of the archives of the Bag Lady Emporium, originally in operation from 1996 through 2022 (Inventory ID 990205).

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