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This cast-iron sewing bird has a velvet pincushion mounted on its back and a second on top of the post. The post and clamp were cast with a foliate and scroll design.
clips (fasteners)
fasteners
tin (metal)
Clamp, Sewing
"Patented/Feb 15, 1853" (impressed)
Waterman, Charles
5 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Miss Frances Greely Stevenson
1922.674
1853 (Patent date)
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