Antique & Vintage Sewing Accessories
Pincushions
Most of the sewing related antiques you will find on this and our other Sewing Accessories pages originated from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, and were part two large and diverse antique sewing collections we are handling on consignment. This is the first time most of these pieces have been out on the market in many years.
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Victorian Antique Pin Cushions
These pin cushions are wonderful! The one on the top is intricately
carved vegetable ivory and resembles a little urn. The heart shaped
cushion on the left is sterling silver and unpolished. Although slightly
disfigured it is still quite lovely. The cushion is velvet. The
little tufted pillow shaped cushion on the right is made from silk
fabric---slightly faded but in otherwise amazingly nice condition. The one
on the bottom looks like a little booklet with a mother-of-pearl front and back
"cover" and velvet edges. These are the type of antique sewing /
needlework accessories that are rarely found anymore, except when they come out
of long-time collections as these did.
Vegetable Ivory..............Very Good-Excellent ......... $45.00 SOLD!
Sterling..............Good-Very Good ......... $65.00 VM-pincush-1
Silk Pillow..............Very Good......... $45.00 VM-pincush-2
Mother of Pearl..............Very Good......... $45.00 SOLD!
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Strawberry Needle Emerys and a Strawberry Silk Pin Cushion
Strawberries and other fruits were popular Victorian symbols. The
larger pink watered silk strawberry on the left is a pin cushion. The
other four are emerys, with the shorter pumpkin shaped one having a tasseled
silver cap.
Silk..............Good ......... $55.00 VM-pincush-4
Emery with Sterling ...........Very Good ......... $95.00 VM-em-ster SOLD!
3 Strawberry Emerys..............Very Good......... $55.00 all three VM-3-em
Left .... Good ........ $75.00
MN-PINC-1 Right .... Good ........ $75.00
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Detmer Woolens Advertising Pin Cushion Irons
These small advertising irons look like little Dover irons, but are hollowed out
and have a pin cushion built right in. Both are marked the same:
"Complements of Detmer Woolen Co." along with a reference to being most
popular with discriminating customers.
That's you! Very nice!!
