Pincushion

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1880
Medium: 
Wood, silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 5.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description: 
Brown velvet pincushion set in a wooden basket shaped container which unscrews at the center to expose a small container, tole painted in blue and gold with flowers and leaf garland.
Object Number: 
INV.9847ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
21955
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pincushion: floral design

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1860
Medium: 
Silk, paper, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 3.5 x 6 x 4.8 cm )
Description: 
White velvet pincushion set into cardboard box, with three pink roses painted on top.
Object Number: 
INV.9848
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
21811
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Needle case

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1860
Medium: 
Silver
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 5/8 x 1/2 in. ( 6.7 x 1.3 cm )
Description: 
Silver needle case in two pieces, one slide over the collar of the other near the center, each side is decorated with a row of arabesque designs, both ends are decorated with acanthus leaves.
Object Number: 
INV.9816ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
21810
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Needle case

Classification: 
Date: 
1820-1860
Medium: 
Ivory, brass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 16.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Cylindrical ivory needlecase with a screw-on lid, both ends are flat across the surface, there are bands of brass around the inner rims of both pieces and a row of brass inlay circles along one side.
Object Number: 
INV.9781ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1860
eMuseum Object ID: 
21809
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Needle case

Classification: 
Date: 
1790-1830
Medium: 
Ivory
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/8 in. ( 10.5 cm )
Description: 
Small decorative bust of a man weating a fur hat. The bust screws into a turned handle, the foot is also threaed.
Object Number: 
INV.9792ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
21058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Needle case

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 7.9 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description: 
Silver needle case in two pieces, top slides over the collar of the base. Both top and bottom have ribbed cap decorations. A central band marks the divide between the two parts. Two motifs in medallion decorate each side of the case, on the top a basket and on the bottom a neoclassical grotesque head.
Object Number: 
INV.9815ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
19985
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Needle case

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1880
Medium: 
Silver gilt, silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3/8 in. ( 7 x 1 cm )
Description: 
Cylindrical metal needlecase in two pieces, one slides over the other near the center, covered in bands of blue silk floss wrapped around closely, and bands silver wire mesh.
Object Number: 
INV.9814ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
19984
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Needle case

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1880
Medium: 
Ivory
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description: 
Cylindrical ivory needle case with a painted bird perched on top of the lid. The two pieces screw together below the turned decoration of the bird perch.
Object Number: 
INV.9802ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
19983
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Darning egg: green

Classification: 
Date: 
1900-1950
Medium: 
Plastic
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description: 
Green plastic darning egg with turned handle and ovoid head.
Object Number: 
INV.11742
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
19982
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Needle case

Classification: 
Date: 
1790-1840
Medium: 
Ivory, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 9.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description: 
Cylindrical Ivory case in two threaded parts. Two ribbons of decoration decend in a spiral from the top, one band is decorative carved open work the other painted and edged with metalic gold paint. On the top the painted band is a floral decoration, below on the base it has been perseronalised with a hand writen inscription.
Object Number: 
INV.9773ab
Marks: 
painted: around case, in floral row of design: "(illeg. foreign inscription)"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
19157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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