Lovely Painted Silk Apple (or Peach?) Pin Cushion naive poems and this is to my

and this is to my sensibilities a perfect one - great form

11 1/8" x 8 3/8" framed

but they’re unpainted underneath and I think really best left alone

tightly secured with a bolt on the backside

along with a lock from her husband William Gay

Lovely Painted Silk Apple (or Peach?) Pin Cushion naive poems and this is to myAnother lovely pin cushion, this one as large as an apple, or a peach I believe it was meant to represent the former, but the gloriously radiant color of the hand painted silk feels lush like a peach to me. I'd have a hard time puncturing this one with a stick pin, and might rather give it a special spot, perhaps in near proximity to a perfect piece or two of stone fruit. So pretty. 2 7 8" t x 2 7 8" w. Good, presumed antique (late 19th early 20th c I