 |
|
Home |
|
Antique Carved Vegetable Ivory Pincushion & Needle Case browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Sewing: Pre 1900: item # 694662 Please refer to our stock # 74084 when inquiring.
Vintages 130C N. Santa Cruz Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95030 Voice 408-399-9090 Guest Book $95.00 |
|
||||
|
This is a wonderful little Victorian antique sewing item. It is from the late 19th Century (1850-1890). The Pincushion is turned, hand carved and pierced. The cobalt blue velvet pincushion is hand sewn onto the vegetable ivory base. The base, which is pierced all over, has a removable cap on the bottom, and is filled with what I assume to be oiled wool to keep the needles sharp.
Vegetable ivory is actually the coquille nut or tagua nut, which dries hard and gains a wonderful patina with age. Most of these sewing pieces came from Asia in the last half of the 1800s. This pincushion and needle holder is in excellent condition, with just a very tiny age crack and a small chip on the lower base (both are shown in the photos). The acorn measures about 2 1/8 inches tall and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. |
|||||
|
