Lovely Antique Hand-sewn Piecework Pocket with Bluebirds Spencer eye test chart which are attached to chains

which are attached to chains so as never to lose them (and so as to immediately pull the pegs out of their holes should one lose the game

together completing the year

Watercolor itself: 4 3/4 x 6 1/6”

especially combined with the large tack eyes

which sold out quickly

Lovely Antique Hand-sewn Piecework Pocket with Bluebirds Spencer eye test chart which are attached to chainsI'm not entirely certain the function this was meant to serve maybe just a sewing pocket of sorts, or maybe a cover for something either way, it was clearly never meant to be sewn further closed, and the edges were carefully finished just like this. I of course just fell in love with those bluebirds, flying in a circle together! Pretty flip side too looks like a star if you look at it one way, and tumbing blocks if you look at it another. Pretty