Lovely Painted Silk Apple (or Peach?) Pin Cushion watermelon man quite heavy and a wonderful

quite heavy and a wonderful thing to hold--I don't meditate

still very vivid and just really wonderful

and who is perhaps best known for photographing Mary Todd Lincoln in mourning attire in 1865 as well as John Wilkes Booth

above the Arctic Circle

who made this in Miss Adams' classroom

Lovely Painted Silk Apple (or Peach?) Pin Cushion watermelon man quite heavy and a wonderfulAnother lovely pin cushion, this one as large as an apple, or a peach I believe it was meant to represent the former, but the gloriously radiant color of the hand painted silk feels lush like a peach to me. I'd have a hard time puncturing this one with a stick pin, and might rather give it a special spot, perhaps in near proximity to a perfect piece or two of stone fruit. So pretty. 2 7 8" t x 2 7 8" w. Good, presumed antique (late 19th early 20th c I