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Two late 19thC Hummingbird mounted sewing clamp pin cushions,

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Lot Details

one gilded with two pin cushions, the other silver plated. Both birds as a sprung clamp operated by depressing tail. A table clamp below, a pin cushion above. Probably by Charles Waterman. Provenance: From the estate of Patricia Osbourne of Avonside Christchurch, a keen jewellery and sewing collector for over 60 years.


Two late 19thC Hummingbird mounted sewing clamp pin cushions, Image 1++
Two late 19thC Hummingbird mounted sewing clamp pin cushions, Image 1++
Two late 19thC Hummingbird mounted sewing clamp pin cushions, Image 1++