Antique Pincushion - Carved - Ornamental Turning - Circa 1800s

Description

Antique Pincushion - Carved - Ornamental Turning - Circa 1800s
Measures 2 inches in diameter and 1 3/4 inches tall including the pad.
The work can be made of any material that is suitable for being cut in this way, such as wood, bone, ivory or metal. Plain turning is work executed on a lathe where a transverse section through any part of the work comprises a plain circle. Ornamental turning, also called
Complex turning
, is executed on a lathe with attachments which convert that plain circular section to variants of outline; these range from a simple series of cuts taken at intervals around the work (so producing grooves or bumps on the surface) to non-circular movements whereby the whole of the circular shape is removed to give a completely different form