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Forget Me Not, Large, Early 20th Century Soldier Made Heart Shaped Folk Art "Sweetheart" Pin Cushion female Surface cracking and wear to

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Surface cracking and wear to the clay and to the black of the engraved numbers as evident

There is a hairline split to the end of the beak

which makes this "piggy gilts" feel a bit like a phrase that also might means something else

Executed on sturdy cardstock/board

Flowers and pencil drawings are interspersed but my photos put pencil drawings first

Forget Me Not, Large, Early 20th Century Soldier Made Heart Shaped Folk Art "Sweetheart" Pin Cushion female Surface cracking and wear toA large and a bit over the top pin cushion, which I really like knowing was most likely decorated by a man. Sawdust stuffed hearts like this are called "sweetheart pin cushions" and were made by soldiers convalescing in hospitals, primarily in England, where they were apparently the brainchild of Queen Victoria, who thought that soldiers might find crafting these to send home to sweethearts a happy distraction. This one I believe dates to WW1 or so,

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