Charming Antique Walnut Pin Cushion silver lake amusement park This complete 32 card deck

This complete 32 card deck plus two blanks came straight from Russian

1880s or so

Framed size: 16 3/8" x 13 1/4" x 1 1/4"

if balanced right

Charming Antique Walnut Pin Cushion silver lake amusement park This complete 32 card deckAnother great old pin cushion and another example of putting readily accessible (free!) materials to practical use, in this case the shell of a walnut. Brown fabric (silk I believe, and I think two layers of it) with tightly packed stuffing inside (perhaps sawdust, it's a bit hard to tell), and with a red ribbon loop, which would make it easy to wear around one's neck when doing some sewing or mending. Definitely it was used, with plenty of pin pricks