1853 sewing bird - photo

1853 sewing bird.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...538#post177990
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...809#post167488
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...913#post144604
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...981#post144910
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...302#post161624

to save everyone the trouble :-) A Sewing bird is a clamp that would attach to a table, pressing on the bird's tail opens a spring-loaded clamp to act as a 'third hand' for the persons sewing the article. https://americanhistory.si.edu/colle...ct/nmah_639795 numerous different versions shown