Charming Antique Walnut Pin Cushion folk art wooden bird It is Grueby

It is Grueby

12 3/4” high at spout tip

Harriet Claire Mansfield

9" x 3 1/8" x 11/16" and in very good vintage condition

and I think just great

Charming Antique Walnut Pin Cushion folk art wooden bird It is GruebyAnother great old pin cushion and another example of putting readily accessible (free!) materials to practical use, in this case the shell of a walnut. Brown fabric (silk I believe, and I think two layers of it) with tightly packed stuffing inside (perhaps sawdust, it's a bit hard to tell), and with a red ribbon loop, which would make it easy to wear around one's neck when doing some sewing or mending. Definitely it was used, with plenty of pin pricks