Lovely Painted Silk Apple (or Peach?) Pin Cushion naive poems and this is to my

and this is to my sensibilities a perfect one - great form

At first I thought perhaps a young priest

There is a clean tear along  the bottom edge (as I have it oriented) and a rough long edge from where it was cut out from the album

along with a lock from her husband William Gay

and a vertical radial around the bottom

Lovely Painted Silk Apple (or Peach?) Pin Cushion naive poems and this is to myAnother lovely pin cushion, this one as large as an apple, or a peach I believe it was meant to represent the former, but the gloriously radiant color of the hand painted silk feels lush like a peach to me. I'd have a hard time puncturing this one with a stick pin, and might rather give it a special spot, perhaps in near proximity to a perfect piece or two of stone fruit. So pretty. 2 7 8" t x 2 7 8" w. Good, presumed antique (late 19th early 20th c I