Pin cushion

Applied Arts

Inventory number
2025.6.6.6.AA.OT.C1870.GB
Description
Cut steel sewing clamp with trough pin cushion, netting hook, ring holder for scissors, and rotating spool. The pin cushion is filled with emery and covered in red velvet. A heart shaped finial tops the screw of the movable jaw, and steel milgrain decorates the frame, trough and top of spool. Trough is trimmed with additional engravings of berries.
Materials
Cut steel
Emery
Velvet
Origin
circa 1870 Great Britain