#43 • Paper of Pins

Part of Warwick on the James, textiles and treasures (timed auction by Walnut Hill Auctions)

High bid $26.00

Status: Sold

This group of 2 English “Berry” pins (large glass head pins arranged like a Berry), the label,reads “The Crowley Mulberry Toilet Pins” (2”T with 1 pin missing), the smaller “Crowley Berry Pins” (1.75’T with 3 missing). Two cubes were made to carry 100 pins in 4 sides (some missing) were made in Germany by Aiz-La_Chapelle and Astro. The hex, also German, was sold by John Wanamaker of Philadelphia. It pictures a lady in one side and is 1 4/8’’ with 3 pins missing. A round wood container (2’’) has the paper remains from its storehouse of pins.