Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop mrs. lovechild very loyal

very loyal

but hinge still in good shape

she is in great shape

occasionally I buy things that looked much better in photos

which were individually cast

Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop mrs. lovechild very loyalFrom 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