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Thimble Holder or Pin Cushion

1867-1932

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Thimble Holder or Pin Cushion

1867-1932

Physical Qualities Brass, silk velvet, 2 1/4 x 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (5.7 x 1.9 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number 2013.116
Gold-coloured metal slipper with engraved detail. The inside is lined with green velvet. The slipper could have been used as a pin cushion, but is also the proper size to hold a thimble.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore, by purchase, 1971; London

Inscribed: "MADE IN FRANCE" engraved across bottom of shoe.

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