Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the Regency era.
Ramsgate was a fashionable seaside town in the late 18th and early 19th century. It was also an important naval garrison town which played in pivotal role during the Napoleonic wars. The threat of invasion saw the construction of coastal defences, a naval harbour and garrisons on both cliffs making Ramsate a place of military and social consequence in Regency society.
Perhaps the inclusion of the French motif of the fleur de lys on the pin cushion is a reference to Ramsgate's importance during the Napoleonic wars.
Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the Regency era.
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Rare Regency Napoleonic 'Trifle from Ramsgate' Souvenir Pin Cushion 1805
