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Clamp, Sewing Bird
Object/Artifact
Polished steel sewing bird. Cut decorations on clamp, incorporating oval escutcheon (?). Pierced handle on screw key. Graceful curved spring handle; container for pincushion with replacement of dull red velvet which may be old.
G93.125
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1825
sewing clamp
sewing bird
pierced handle
pincushion
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