Share your favorites on Show & Tell

Antique Mother of Pearl Victorian Needle Box

In Victorian Era > Show & Tell and Sewing > Needle Cases > Show & Tell.
Pearl_Fire's items1 of 7Lyndhurst Mansion Era Stick Pin? Or Junk?Collage of Canning Labels from the 1860's - Samuel Oliver, Artist
1
Love it
0
Like it

aghcollectaghcollect loves this.
Add to collection

    Please create an account, or Log in here

    If you don't have an account, create one here.


    Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate


    Posted 12 years ago

    Pearl_Fire
    (7 items)

    This is a Mother of Pearl Needle Box from the Victorian era. I believe it belonged to one of my Great Grandmother's in the later 1800s. It was past down to me when they cleaned out and sold a house on the shore belonging to my family in Maryland. This was your typical summer home with lots of older un-matching furniture that was a collection of random items people donated to put together the house for summer use. I am guessing this was just a needle box used for sewing while there during the summer.

    It is missing some of the panels on top and one of the bone (or ivory?) feet is repaired/replaced with a screw (typical engineering family...no fluff). The trim on the inside of the box is also brittle and cracked and missing some pieces. It is lined with a really pretty pattern of green semi-shiny material.

    Ironically it didn't have needles inside. It was holding a large handful of "mica" that someone had collected somewhere near the river, I guess.

    Please add anything you know!

    logo
    Victorian Era
    See all
    Victorian Master Door Cast Iron Skeleton Key HUGE Cathedral Patina Collector WOW
    Victorian Master Door Cast Iron Ske...
    $14
    Victorian Master Door Cast Iron Skeleton Key HUGE Cathedral Patina Collector 6
    Victorian Master Door Cast Iron Ske...
    $17
    Victorian Skull Key Castle Skeleton Cast Iron Metal Cathedral Patina Collector
    Victorian Skull Key Castle Skeleton...
    $13
    Sexy Prostitute PHOTO Victorian Brothel Woman Red Light DIstrict LONDON
    Sexy Prostitute PHOTO Victorian Bro...
    $4
    logo
    Victorian Master Door Cast Iron Skeleton Key HUGE Cathedral Patina Collector WOW
    Victorian Master Door Cast Iron Ske...
    $14
    See all

    Want to post a comment?

    Create an account or login in order to post a comment.