This bird-shaped sewing clamp has a velvet pincushion mounted on its back. The post and lower table clamp are cast, with a foliate and scroll motif.
clips (fasteners)
fasteners
iron (metal)
velvet (fabric weave)
Iron
Clamp, Sewing
"Patented/Feb 15, 1853" (impressed)
Waterman, Charles (Maker)
5.25 x 4 (HxW) (inches)
1943.432
1853 (Patent date)
Connecticut (United States)
Meriden (New Haven county, Connecticut)
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