A small drawstring purse of silk, frequently embroidered and sometimes worked with gold thread, worn at the belt or carried in the hand. It is not a practical container — silk cuts through and a determined thief needs one motion — but that is beside the point. A silk purse announces that its owner has coin worth carrying in something this impractical.
Purse, silk
Drawstring silk purse, often embroidered; conspicuously fine.