Antique Linen Pincushion with Wonderful Bobbin Lace Woman girl in blue The bone-faced German and French

The bone-faced German and French dominoes are always defective as well as expensive

crafted from fishing twine while out at sea and typically intended as love tokens to be delivered upon return

Scraps of Horace the Heathen Poet

with the stamp of a Cary

with a brown

Antique Linen Pincushion with Wonderful Bobbin Lace Woman girl in blue The bone-faced German and FrenchWhat a lot of love went into this one, and what a lot of love and use it appears to have seen, which of course makes it feel all the more precious to me. Two layers of yellow fabric, the top one a (now) pale yellow linen, with this wonderful needle bobbin lace hatted woman at the center, hands on hips, with marvelous tiny fingers. 3 7 8" x 3 5 8" not including tassels. Surface fading and darkening buy no holes or issues, all seams tightly hand sewn,