Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I hope you found this interesting! I thought the first part may make this video just a little bit more fun...
REFERENCES:
Burman, Barbara and Ariane Fennetaux. The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900. Yale University Press, 2019.
Burman, Barbara and Ariane Fennetaux. "Women's tie-on pockets". V&A (blogpost), 2021. vam.ac.uk/articles/womens-tie-pockets?srsltid=AfmBOooTCk0XPDsSQ0t4OVVnAySGBtcakx3K6ESTaG_Y6UZSrrA1gBsN
"Burse for Queen Elizabeth I's Great Seal". V&A (blogpost), 2021. vam.ac.uk/articles/burse-for-great-seal?srsltid=AfmBOoquMXMCWK4Fbxv4KQrW-gSv2kxdzr06BQNQrQRUIOsUKEaSSfW7
Ellis, Lucy. "To have and to hold: a visual
History of handbags". Art UK (blogpost), 2020. artuk.org/discover/stories/to-have-and-to-hold-a-visual-history-of-handbags
IMAGES:
The Whole Booke of Psalmes (London, 1639). British Library. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Whole_Booke_of_Psalmes_-_Bag_(c17a21).jpg
“Princess Elizabeth (1596–1662), Later Queen of Bohemia” by Robert Peake the Elder (London, 1606). Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Princess_Elizabeth_(1596%E2%80%931662),_Later_Queen_of_Bohemia_MET_DP162159.jpg
“Pocket” (United States, 1796). Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute (1979.346.200): Gift of The New York Historical Society, 1979. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pocket_MET_1979.346.200.jpg
“Bag” (first half of 17c century). European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (29.23.21): Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1929. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bag_MET_DP-14636-047.jpg
At the Market Stall by Louise Moillon (France, first half of 17c). Private collection. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louise_Moillon_-_At_the_Market_Stall_-_WGA16074.jpg
Tiffany & Co Chatelaine (America 1890). Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009.300.1845a, b). Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) -
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chatelaine_MET_52.31.17_CP4.jpg
“Porträt der Harriet Leavens” by Ammi Phillips (United States, c1830). Harvard Art Museum (artwork ID: 299939). Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ammi_Phillips_001.jpg
“Promenadenkleider in Hamburg (Germany, 1855). Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) -
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Promenadenkleider_1825.jpg
Bristol and Exeter Railway 8'10" 4-2-4T Nº40 running as Great Western Railway 2002 in 1876 (1876). Geof Sheppard Collection. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BER_2002_Exeter.jpg
The "Darnley Portrait" of Elizabeth I (1575). National Portrait Gallery (NPG 2082). Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darnley_stage_3.jpg
Find Me Elsewhere -
Pumpkin Productivity (my stationery company): bit.ly/3wgsR85
Writing Website: rubygranger.com
instagram: @_rubygranger
tiktok: @rubygranger8
email (business enquiries only please): rubygranger@sixteenth.com
I mentioned this in the video, but just to confirm:
The stickers and to do list pad are both from my stationery shop, Pumpkin Productivity (brandfounder).
The two products from Merit beauty, and the Midsummer Night Dream's pouch from the Well Read Co. were both kindly gifted to me by the brands.
0:00 intro
0:28 history of women and bags
5:36 what's in my bag
I hope you found this interesting! I thought the first part may make this video just a little bit more fun...
REFERENCES:
Burman, Barbara and Ariane Fennetaux. The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900. Yale University Press, 2019.
Burman, Barbara and Ariane Fennetaux. "Women's tie-on pockets". V&A (blogpost), 2021. vam.ac.uk/articles/womens-tie-pockets?srsltid=AfmBOooTCk0XPDsSQ0t4OVVnAySGBtcakx3K6ESTaG_Y6UZSrrA1gBsN
"Burse for Queen Elizabeth I's Great Seal". V&A (blogpost), 2021. vam.ac.uk/articles/burse-for-great-seal?srsltid=AfmBOoquMXMCWK4Fbxv4KQrW-gSv2kxdzr06BQNQrQRUIOsUKEaSSfW7
Ellis, Lucy. "To have and to hold: a visual
History of handbags". Art UK (blogpost), 2020. artuk.org/discover/stories/to-have-and-to-hold-a-visual-history-of-handbags
IMAGES:
The Whole Booke of Psalmes (London, 1639). British Library. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Whole_Booke_of_Psalmes_-_Bag_(c17a21).jpg
“Princess Elizabeth (1596–1662), Later Queen of Bohemia” by Robert Peake the Elder (London, 1606). Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Princess_Elizabeth_(1596%E2%80%931662),_Later_Queen_of_Bohemia_MET_DP162159.jpg
“Pocket” (United States, 1796). Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute (1979.346.200): Gift of The New York Historical Society, 1979. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pocket_MET_1979.346.200.jpg
“Bag” (first half of 17c century). European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (29.23.21): Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1929. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bag_MET_DP-14636-047.jpg
At the Market Stall by Louise Moillon (France, first half of 17c). Private collection. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louise_Moillon_-_At_the_Market_Stall_-_WGA16074.jpg
Tiffany & Co Chatelaine (America 1890). Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009.300.1845a, b). Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) -
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chatelaine_MET_52.31.17_CP4.jpg
“Porträt der Harriet Leavens” by Ammi Phillips (United States, c1830). Harvard Art Museum (artwork ID: 299939). Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ammi_Phillips_001.jpg
“Promenadenkleider in Hamburg (Germany, 1855). Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) -
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Promenadenkleider_1825.jpg
Bristol and Exeter Railway 8'10" 4-2-4T Nº40 running as Great Western Railway 2002 in 1876 (1876). Geof Sheppard Collection. Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BER_2002_Exeter.jpg
The "Darnley Portrait" of Elizabeth I (1575). National Portrait Gallery (NPG 2082). Photo from Wikimedia Commons (public domain) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darnley_stage_3.jpg
Find Me Elsewhere -
Pumpkin Productivity (my stationery company): bit.ly/3wgsR85
Writing Website: rubygranger.com
instagram: @_rubygranger
tiktok: @rubygranger8
email (business enquiries only please): rubygranger@sixteenth.com
I mentioned this in the video, but just to confirm:
The stickers and to do list pad are both from my stationery shop, Pumpkin Productivity (brandfounder).
The two products from Merit beauty, and the Midsummer Night Dream's pouch from the Well Read Co. were both kindly gifted to me by the brands.
0:00 intro
0:28 history of women and bags
5:36 what's in my bag
