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Ribbed Pocket
19th century

I think the ties are original. I feel this has not been worn very much. Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. Ne'er a penny was there in it Except the binding round it. Lucy Locket is a character in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728, and has since been Cockney rhyming slang for pocket.

Cataloguing

of white cotton woven with stripes comprising four lines, all hand stitched, tape ties, 7 1/2 x 15 in or 19 x 39 cm long

Condition

Very good.