SOLD 4:48, Unusual, Excellent, Rather Mysterious Old Painted Velvet Clock Pin Cushion curative recipes with general wear all over

with general wear all over and surface dings here  and there

I would think 1840s-50s on this

including for the fact that the cow balances quite well on the back of the horse (though not quite so much vice verse

with some wear and aging to both the mirror and the wood as accurately documented in photos

so photo shows some curl to the paper

SOLD 4:48, Unusual, Excellent, Rather Mysterious Old Painted Velvet Clock Pin Cushion curative recipes with general wear all overThis struck me as so unusual when I found it, and indeed I can't find any other example of old pin cushion with a stencil painted clock face like this out there anywhere. And what to make of the very specific position of the hands, marking 4: 48 precisely? One sometimes sees 19th century pin cushions made to celebrate a birth (particularly with messages spelled out in stick pins); perhaps the time here marks the moment of a child's arrival in the