Extra Fancy 19th Century Double Ball in Cage (Presumed Weaving Shuttle) Whimsy in Original Polychrome #1 19th century just totally do it for

just totally do it for me

perfectly captured

Basketry pin cushion measures 1 3/8" across

and I think they'd make quite handy pedestals and props in photographs

Overall: 7 1/4" x 5 3/8"

Extra Fancy 19th Century Double Ball in Cage (Presumed Weaving Shuttle) Whimsy in Original Polychrome #1 19th century just totally do it forGoogle image searches can be useful, even if much of the time what they turn up is irrelevant or just wrong! In this case I have found a couple of carvings similar to this one (nobs at the end, pinched center, "balls in cages" at either side" described as 19th century weaving shuttles, which makes very good sense the perfect shape and size to wrap thread yarn around and run across a loom. (Sewing and weaving tools are really among the richest terrains