Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop American folk art which is original to the

which is original to the making and I believe makes it all the more appealing

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The black duct taped exterior of this binder promised good things inside

I think the pointy yellow shards emerging from the mouth of this strange creature do a pretty great job of giving form to a shrill cry

When I first saw this fantastic pair of vintage Japanese tiered Art Deco ceramic planters glazed a rich

Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop American folk art which is original to theFrom one side this large antique heart shaped velvet emery pin cushion (definitely it is filled with emery powder, sand like in density and used from sharpening pins and needles) looks almost black (a black heart), but from the other true blue. The near black side clearly once showed a message spelled out in pins, some of which is lost but enough pins remain to discern the date of 1901 (and one could certainly add a few pins to make the year clearer