Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop mrs. lovechild occasionally I buy things that

occasionally I buy things that looked much better in photos

His face is embroidered

the amazing old chippy green paint still hanging on to it is barely if at all chipping off any more

Just a sweet little thing

very loyal

Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop mrs. lovechild occasionally I buy things thatFrom 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