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Finial-like needle case, with a bulbous top carved with a leaf and star pattern on a pierced and ribbed body. It has a scalloped foot and each section is threaded to screw into each other.
needle cases
carving (processes)
ivory (tooth component)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
palm fiber
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
stars
Vegetable Ivory
Carved
Evening Star
Leaf
CASE, NEEDLE
Evening Star
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Europe
3 x 1.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.14
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