[ABBEVILLE]. Mayor of Abbeville's purse in garnet-red velvet embroidered with silk and silver thread with the town's coat of arms and the date 1751. Trimmings, leather and blue silk interior. (Damage and wear, coat of arms missing, no mount). Height Height : 33 cm. Purse that belonged to Jean-Claude DUSCHENE (1698-1772), lord of Lamotte-Buleux and Courcelles, royal secretary and mayor of Abbeville from 1751 to 1752 (cf. Les Mayeurs et les Maires d'Abbeville, 1814-1848, Abbeville, Imprimerie T. Jeunet, 1851). Provenance: - Kept by the descendants of Jean-Claude DUSCHENE to this day.