The Queen's Handbag
The Queen's Handbag
The Queen's Handbag
The Queen's Handbag
The Queen's Handbag
The Queen's Handbag
The Queen's Handbag

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An enormous blue handbag with scale design made of small metal tags, each stamped with the initials of a sponsor. The bag is on top of a plinth made of large and small wooden blocks.

Y Lanfa / The Wharf: Powysland Museum & Welshpool Library

Welshpool

Title

The Queen's Handbag

Date

2002

Medium

steel, paint & wood

Measurements

H 174 x W 114 x D 56.2 cm;
Plinth: H 87.7 x W 121 x D 59 cm

Accession number

2019.014.TMP

Acquisition method

purchased

Work type

Sculpture

Signature/marks description

CONGRATULATIONS YOUR MAJESTY / 1950-2002 / Approximately 930 pairs of initials stamped on plates covering reverse

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