Help dating leather bag

Jessica Barr

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Hi! I’d love help on dating this. Found similar bags on Etsy where some claimed it to be 1970s and others claimed 1950s. Would love to see if anyone has some tips for solid construction clues!
 

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Is the interior real leather? I ask because I recently bought a beautiful leather bag made in Mexico which I think is probably 70s due to the inner lining being some kind of vinyl pleather. It looks like yours is lined with genuine leather?
 
Is it marked anywhere as made in Spain, Mexico, or some other country? The interior and zipper make me lean to 1950s rather than 1970s. But let see what other think.

There is an "hecho en México" stamp and that design could not possibly be more Mexican if it tried (the engraving, I mean)
 
I always think of those sorts of slide catches as being '60s-70s, I don't think they were available any earlier.

It's a lovely purse, the tooling is really nice.

Any other labels or marks anywhere? I think I see something in the interior, all clues are helpful.

Nicole
 
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