Huge Vintage British Stick Pin Roll (Beautiful Readymade) cat doorstop The Andersen Studio has a

The Andersen Studio has a long history as a pioneer ceramic design and slip casting studio producing functional and decorative objects

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Huge Vintage British Stick Pin Roll (Beautiful Readymade) cat doorstop The Andersen Studio has aI've been eyeing antique pin cushions lately where someone's name or a message was painstakingly spelled out in pins, which has me thinking about the decorative potential of pins stuck in all sorts of things. But, also, I think this huge roll of them is just a beautiful readymade object as it is. I also like the paper wrap around the outside reading "pins pins pins." These were made by Dennison and I believe date to the 1950s or so. 5 1 4" in diameter