Early Tunbridge Ware Pin Cushion Clamp c1810

Description

Heading : Early Tunbridge ware pin cushion clamp
Date : c1810
Period : George III
Origin : Tunbridge Wells. Kent
Decoration : White wood camp with polychrome painted rings. Paper label reads: “A Token fo Respect”
Size :  8.5×6.5×4.4cm
Condition : Good. some scattered losses to the painted decoration and the cushion is rather worn and slightly coming away from the clamp.
Restoration : None
Weight : 43 grams

A great example of the early wares produced for tourists to the Kentish spa town. This was produced long before the typical mosaic work most associated with Tunbridge ware came to the fore. Whitewood wares with painted patterns or images were the first woodwares associated with the town.