Brief description: Ceramic and fabric decorative pin cushion of Mr. Bumble, about 1900
Label: A pin cushion is any padding or stuffed fabric that can be used to safety store pins and needles by poking them with the sharp tips. During and after Dickens's lifetime it was fashionable to make 'half-dolls' which were attached to pin cushions as decoration. This doll, one of a set of five, depicts Mr Bumble, the unpleasant workhouse master and beadle of Oliver Twist.
Collection: Object
Object number: DH264
Object type: pin cushion
Production date: ca.1900

Pin cushion of Mr Bumble