Charming Antique Walnut Pin Cushion folk art wooden bird It is Grueby

It is Grueby

and I think just great

I'm forever in search of lovely old hand-drawn maps

Dated 1827

the lid is in very good antique condition with just very minor losses

Charming Antique Walnut Pin Cushion folk art wooden bird It is GruebyAnother great old pin cushion and another example of putting readily accessible (free!) materials to practical use, in this case the shell of a walnut. Brown fabric (silk I believe, and I think two layers of it) with tightly packed stuffing inside (perhaps sawdust, it's a bit hard to tell), and with a red ribbon loop, which would make it easy to wear around one's neck when doing some sewing or mending. Definitely it was used, with plenty of pin pricks