ASSORTED NEEDLEWORKING / SEWING ARTICLES, LOT OF 16, comprising six assorted thimbles, including five marked sterling silver examples, each with various chased and engraved foliage decoration; three pincushions, including a lamb, shoe, and a shield-form Mauchline-ware souvenir of Edinburgh; two brass sewing birds with patent dates on wings, one with later pincushion; two wooden needle cases; a strawberry figural emery; a Seamsew spool of unused thread in original paper box; and a needlework sampler housed in veneer frame and under glass, needlework with alphabet and "Olivia Picking 1847". 19th century. Various sizes.
Provenance: Property from a Youngstown, OH estate.
Very good overall condition, sewing birds with broken springs and one lacking pincushion, expected wear, sampler with significant fading and discoloration, frame lacking some areas of veneer.