Large Vintage Monarch Straight Pin Roll wire sock stretchers with a soft ochre yellow

with a soft ochre yellow for the interior of the ears and black squiggles all over for the fur

kind looking subject I believe is named on the reverse and noted as being of Bologna--and indeed he looks 100% Northern Italian

They have been well loved

slithering snake emanating from its nose

I see them filled with olives

Large Vintage Monarch Straight Pin Roll wire sock stretchers with a soft ochre yellowThis is the second roll of straight pins I've had in the shop a beautiful readymade if I ever saw one! I'm always eying antique pin cushions, too, where someone's name or a message was painstakingly spelled out in pin heads, which makes this feel like a big roll of decorative potential to me. This roll was wade by Monarch, c. 1950s or so, and though it's certainly lost a few, it looks like most of the original 5000 remain! 5 5 8" in diameter including