Victorian Silk and Burr Oak Acorn Emery Pin Cushion mountain landscaoe or that that was an

or that that was an accident incurred during its making

half-fallen

with royalty and high-ranking officials considering it fashionable to wear carved fruit pit accessories

Great alligatoring to the old white paint

This is an antique color lithograph book plate from a volume of Zeitschrift für populäre Astronomi (Journal of Popular Astronomy)

Victorian Silk and Burr Oak Acorn Emery Pin Cushion mountain landscaoe or that that was anSuch an array of marvelous antique emeries and pin cushions out there! I've seen some making use of walnut shells, but this is the first I've seem make of a Burr Oak acorn, which I love for its delicate spiky texture, almost like a durian fruit. And, if you look at it from the bottom of the acorn end, it looks like it has a little face, with the stem making a nose! And, with some green ribbon around the middle, it looks a bit like a strawberry too.