Lovely Sewing Tools Lot: Native American Basketry + Victorian Carved Bone farm illustration combined with black lacquered interiors

combined with black lacquered interiors as is the case here

There is some old hand-written cursive text on the bottom of the box

sandwiched behind it

I'd assume French

but featuring George Washington and the like) which sold in a Skinner Auction a few years ago

Lovely Sewing Tools Lot: Native American Basketry + Victorian Carved Bone farm illustration combined with black lacquered interiorsThough the little carved bone double sided pin cushion is likely early Victorian era British, I thought it made a nice complement to this lovely group of Native American basketry pieces (Maine Penobscot I believe, probably 1920s 40s), that I'm listing them all together (and at a bargain price!) The small basket is a thimble holder, the middle obviously a pin cushion, and the right a scissors holder. The basketry on all is finely done with sweet grass