Very Fine Mid 19th Century Crocheted Pin Keep with Micro-bead Star and Interior Pocket wire wrapped Best is the alligator paint

Best is the alligator paint

I really love how the one pointed end turns the whole long thing into a sort of arrow

All connected with this wonderful line drawing of a rail

woman: 3" across x 1/2" tall (with flat footed bottom

and would be inclined to mix and match cups and saucers

Very Fine Mid 19th Century Crocheted Pin Keep with Micro-bead Star and Interior Pocket wire wrapped Best is the alligator paintThe tiniest tiny white beads and the tiniest finely crocheted stitches on this antique pin keep I can't even imagine. I know from a similar one that I have been eyeing in the case of a pin cushion expert at an antique shop near me that it dates to the mid 19th century (and that dealer has hers priced at more than twice what I'm listing this one for.) Same beaded star pattern on either side, and then a hidden opening along a segment of one perimeter