Playing card case of wine-red velvet, embroidered in gold and silver thread and multicoloured silk with an unidentified alliance coat of arms

Purse of wine-red velvet, embroidered in gold and silver thread and multi-colored silk in an unidentified alliance coat of arms. Model: flat round base with a wavy raised rim around it provided with holes through which originally a drawstring was drawn through. On the rim are on two places opposite each other knobs with a wooden core - originally wrapped with metal thread or silk - sewn. Unlined, lining of goatskin and silk missing. Decoration: the 20 protrusions or 'ribs' are decorated with a scatter motif of French lilies or 'fleurs-de-lys' in relief of silver thread alternating with such star-shaped flowers. At three-quarter height runs a double horizontal line of silver thread. The base is circled with a double border within which a zigzag line of silver thread. In it on a ground of silver brocade an alliance coat of arms of faded floss silk and metal thread under a five-pointed crown in relief in metal thread.