Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop American folk art so it could definitely be

so it could definitely be put into action again

which is original to the making and I believe makes it all the more appealing

though maybe a bit earlier than that

and surely through first hand observation as he would have known the Rutland Railroad intimately

distinct and engaging from every angle

Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop American folk art so it could definitely beFrom one side this large antique heart shaped velvet emery pin cushion (definitely it is filled with emery powder, sand like in density and used from sharpening pins and needles) looks almost black (a black heart), but from the other true blue. The near black side clearly once showed a message spelled out in pins, some of which is lost but enough pins remain to discern the date of 1901 (and one could certainly add a few pins to make the year clearer