Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail antique numbers All three though were hand-painted

All three though were hand-painted

with a loose suggestion of wood grain

I do know it is an extremely lovely little thing

a flowering perennial with erect stems of foamy cream flowers in summer

The objective is to remove every marble except one by jumping over orthogonally (not diagonally) from one adjacent point to the vacant adjacent point on the other side

Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail antique numbers All three though were hand-paintedIve been eyeing the decorative use of stickpins on old pin cushions and other little things of late, so was thrilled to find this wonderful little boot, with painstakingly executed stickpin border all around, and a couple of tiny tassels at top to boot (ha!) Down the front toe of the boot the pins punctuate embroidered laces; on the rest of the perimeter they run down the center of carefully done edge stitching. Some loss fraying of what I think is