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Våre venner i Pickwick-klubben kan vi nå sjå i form av fine nålepiuter i Dickens-museet i London. I nyheitsbrevet frå museet, der bildet ligg, les vi denne notisen:

Dickensian Pincushions
These fantastic pincushions representing Tom Pinch, Mr. Pickwick, Mr. Bumble, Tony Weller, and Captain Cuttle > have recently been re-discovered in the Museum collection. They are
late nineteenth century early twentieth century porcelain and fabric
pincushion dolls. Sometimes called half-dolls, the porcelain torso and
feet attached to the pincushion ‘hips’ were sometimes also made into
full dolls or dressing table brushes. Most remaining pincushions of
this type are female figurines, very often in eighteenth century
fashions, mostly miscellaneous females and usually only have the
porcelain torso (although the feet attachments seem more popular in
the 1920s). These precious Dickens figurines seem different and rare
to other half-dolls often found online and in antique shops.
Interestingly, they are all male characters which makes the bulging
pincushion ‘hips’ all the more incongruous. There are no identifying
hallmarks on the porcelain, only a single number on each base- 17241,
17243, 17244, 17246, and 17248- which means that there may have been
more figurines in the series. Why these characters, especially
seeing as Tom Pinch, is very infrequently represented in memorabilia?
Were there originally female characters in the series? One day,
perhaps, we may know more.
Maureen England, Curatorial volunteer who
is currently doing a PhD on Dickens’s characters.

Er det en feil her, Kjell? Som syerske og Dickens fan vil jeg veldig gjerne se disse nåleputene! Men når jeg klikker på lenken, kommer jeg til en reklameside for Gmail...

Takk! Skulle vere i orden nå.

Veldig artig, tusen takk!
Men for å følge opp avslutningen på innlegget, hvorfor er det bare menn som er beæret med nålepute? Hvorfor ikke kvinnene, Dickens har da flust av grepa kvinnfolk og yndige damer.

Det var verdt å fikse på. Er ikkje spesielt flink til å sy, og har ikkje lest noko av Dickens, trur eg, men det var artige nåleputer.

Nåleputene var fine, men disse bollene skulle gjerne jeg hatt i samlingen min.