Help dating/identifying small tapestry embroidered purses

trappersdaughter

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I recently acquired several older items, purses and hats mostly. There are a couple koret, walborg, saks, delill, and a few I cannot find names on. I think most items are from the 50's/60's but need some help. I should start with these as I have NO idea what they are called or where they are from. No tags in these, only one has a stamp in the metal that indicates it was made in Austria (the one with the horses/dogs). I found them all tucked inside another purse. They are small (maybe 5in across?), well taken care of, no snags, tissue inside, and one has the matching coin purse and mirror. Any help/info is appreciated!
This one has the matching accessories:
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Close up of detail:
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This bag is the one with the Austria stamp:
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This third one is slightly larger but doesn't seem to have as detailed stitching:
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Those are gorgeous...beautifully embroidered. The first one has a lovely marcasite frame.
The 2nd one appears to have a carnelian stone and what looks like marcasite as well on the closure.
The third appears to have a "green" stone on the closure, could be an agate or jade.

The scenes are really beautifully executed!

None of these look 60s to me, they are older. Can't quite say without handling them but some may be earlier than 50s.
 
Thanks for the help! They are nice little bags. I noticed 986 stamped in to the hardware on the top one as well. The bottom one with the green stone is missing some of the stones in the frame and has no stamps or identifiers in the hardware, but the embroidery is fine. I wonder where they are from???

@Jonathon, I love that there was a note in pettitepoint that you have! I always look at vintage items and think about who had the item and the story behind it. Ha, even with the old bottles I dig up, I wonder - who drank this whiskey - was it for a special occasion, or a broken heart?

I'm going to find a good way to store them for now, while I covet them and decide what I am going to do with them!
 
Late to the party - but these bags are spectacular! I would have guessed around 1930s - based on what I have in books here. Just had to have a look at a few of them. It may be that only the hardware was made in Austria and the bags themselves in another country, or they may have been made in Austria as a whole. I see examples from Austria, France, England here - and some are also just noted as "European".
 
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