SOLD 4:48, Unusual, Excellent, Rather Mysterious Old Painted Velvet Clock Pin Cushion curative recipes There is a small hole

There is a small hole in the top of the wood and another directly below it in the bottom

especially antique miniature watercolored ones--such beautiful

including for the fact that the cow balances quite well on the back of the horse (though not quite so much vice verse

I would think 1840s-50s on this

with some wear and aging to both the mirror and the wood as accurately documented in photos

SOLD 4:48, Unusual, Excellent, Rather Mysterious Old Painted Velvet Clock Pin Cushion curative recipes There is a small holeThis struck me as so unusual when I found it, and indeed I can't find any other example of old pin cushion with a stencil painted clock face like this out there anywhere. And what to make of the very specific position of the hands, marking 4: 48 precisely? One sometimes sees 19th century pin cushions made to celebrate a birth (particularly with messages spelled out in stick pins); perhaps the time here marks the moment of a child's arrival in the