BRITISH REGENCY PAINTED WHITEWOOD TUNBRIDGE WARE COMMEMORATIVE SEWING COMBINATION PINCUSHION WITH CONTAINER / PIN-POPPET, pale yellow ground with decorated with red, black, yellow, and green bands, three-part construction dome form depicting a Brighton Pavilion domed tower, lower container with extended rim, topped with a carved rib and threaded cover having tiny finial, interior top reveals a burgundy velvet pincushion over an open container base, supported by three slightly shaped bone feet. Each retains collection number sticker and detailed collection card. Circa 1820-1830. 2 1/2" HOA, 2" DOA.
Literature: Parallels Rogers - An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools - p. 142, plate 105, left.
Provenance: The Mildred Jarvis Collection, Kennesaw, GA.
Purchased from Eileen M. Saunders, Kingfishers, Dorset, England, 5/20/1994.

Very good condition, expected wear to decoration primarily to pincushion section, expected overall light crazing to paint decoration.