60s Haute Italian Mod Leather Handbag - Caramel Tan Purse with Modernist Brass Buckle - 1960s Brown Bag with Molded Handle - Made in Italy

This top quality 1960s leather handbag is caramel brown with bold Mod hardware in gleaming brass. It's a rectangular 50s purse with a molded leather handle, flap front, and a unique clasp. Inside, there's a zippered pocket to the leather lining, with its original mirror and coin purse included. Condition shows regular wearings (see Condition Detail below), still very wearable and bargain-priced for a bag of this caliber.

Measurements
10 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 2 1/2 Inches, Handle has a 5 1/2-Inch Drop

Era
1960s

Label
' MADE IN ITALY ' stamped inside

Materials
Caramel tan smooth very finely grained leather, brass hardware, matching tan leather lining, beige moire taffeta pocket linings

Closure
Hidden brass snap under the top of the leather tab at center front (the brass buckle is completely decorative)

Condition
Good

Condition Detail
Shows regular wearings, has occasional scratches and rubs to the leather and one to the brass buckle, a 1/2-inch clouded area to the buckle as well, the interior hand mirror has a circle of silvering loss, a few gray/brown specks to the leather in random places, the seams show obvious dark brown glue residue from its original crafting, this is not sticky or tacky but has darkened in color over decades

Washing Instructions
Clean with saddle soap to the leather

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