Purse people, is there a name for a snappy-handled purse like this?

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I need purse help, please. The handle on this bag was just unusual to me. It's embedded with a stiff, flat rod (maybe metal) that naturally bends inward, to repeat the curve at the top of the purse. So you have to pull and hold it upward to keep it up. When you let go, it SNAPS back downward (and the purse looks more like a clutch). I hope this makes sense. :o Is there a name for this kind of handle or purse?

<img src="http://www.otherworldlystuff.com/snapha10.jpg"><br><br><img src="http://www.otherworldlystuff.com/snapha11.jpg"><br><br>

Thanks for any help!

Steph
 
I know what to call it! MINE! LOL

Hmmm.... is it more of a "spring action" versus like snapping a rubber band??? And are you supposed to "stretch it" or just sorta slip your hand or gloves in there...?
 
the more in think about it, i would emphasis the streamlined design qualities and talk about how the handle works aesthetically with the bag vs worrying about the term.... That it is form over function...
 
I just thought of another thing...during this time period there was a lot of experimenting going on and a lot of different patented types of closures, etc...versus just a simple friction clasp that we would be used to. I saw one that had two little brass "slides" on it that you had to move around and slide to the ends of the frame to open...and there are quite a few purses from the time that open in a funky way or have a different attachment point for the handle...this is probably just a product of all of that...
 
Thanks, Chris! Yep, it's more like a spring action. It doesn't stretch and it comes upward just enough to put the wrist through it. My 'wrist' picture is worse than my first two...

<img src="http://www.otherworldlystuff.com/snapha14.jpg">

Pretty nifty gadgetry, though. You can use both hands to put on your gloves or write a check. I don't know purses well at all. To when would you date it, Chris? Late '50s/early '60s?
 
that sounds about right to me, Steph....to me maybe dipping a little farther into the later side, but you would be safe with cusper.

what is the word i am trying to think of...i don't know!

but the technical turn would be more obscure..so not really as searchable so to speak.
 
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