Brief description: Ceramic and fabric decorative pin cushion of Tom Pinch, 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 Tom Pinch, the credulous young man exploited by Mr Pecksniff, the villain of Martin Chuzzlewit.
Collection: Object
Object number: DH265
Object type: pin cushion
Production date: ca.1900

Pin cushion of Tom Pinch