The pockets used in the 18th century were still used well into the Victorian period. They are quite substantial in size, and tied around the waist under the skirt. I have a regency-era pocket, and have seen victorian ones when I went to England last year. Bye for now,
Aylwen On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > I suspect the story is a "tall tale"/joke as regards everything that was > put into the pocket and then the wine poured into it. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > www.lavoltapress.com > > > On 6/8/2010 10:39 PM, otsisto wrote: > >> Is it possible that in this case the pocket is actually a purse or pouch >> and >> not what we consider a pocket? Example: pocketbook. >> 18th century pocketbooks >> http://tinyurl.com/2ehf9ud >> > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
