Painted Scroll-end Shelf and a Collection of Victorian Shoe Pincushions

Description:

Painted Scroll-end Shelf and a Collection of Victorian Shoe Pincushions, late 19th/early 20th century, three-tier shelf painted dark brown, with twenty-eight shoe-form pincushions, most paint-decorated, (six shoes lacking pincushions),shelf ht. 27 1/4, wd. 21 1/2, dp. 8; pincushion wd. 1 3/8-7 in.

Provenance: Ex Sally Whittemore collection, sold at Skinner, August 9, 2009, Lots 112 and 113.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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