Very Fine Mid 19th Century Crocheted Pin Keep with Micro-bead Star and Interior Pocket baby portrait tintype 28 painted wooden dominoes

28 painted wooden dominoes

tree and who knows what all

There is a bit of loss at the top of the hanger

but a bit of a mystery beyond that

(Knitting remaining golden

Very Fine Mid 19th Century Crocheted Pin Keep with Micro-bead Star and Interior Pocket baby portrait tintype 28 painted wooden dominoesThe tiniest tiny white beads and the tiniest finely crocheted stitches on this antique pin keep I can't even imagine. I know from a similar one that I have been eyeing in the case of a pin cushion expert at an antique shop near me that it dates to the mid 19th century (and that dealer has hers priced at more than twice what I'm listing this one for.) Same beaded star pattern on either side, and then a hidden opening along a segment of one perimeter