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Emery
Emery bags or cushions were generally found in sewing boxes and were suggested items for fancy fairs. The fine emery was enclosed in a small bag and used to polish and remove rust from needles and pins as well as providing some traction for slippery needles. The emery cushions were made in a variety of shapes — apples, plums, peaches, or strawberries, acorns, coal scuttles, bellows, pillows, circles, barrels, fish, balls, drums, hearts, military or sailor hats, or sailboats and sometimes a half of a decorated walnut shell was stuffed with a emery cushion. The strawberry emery, generally found today, is a large granular structure and does not seem to do an adequate job of polishing needles or pins. The emery we offer is a very fine powder such as was common in the 19th century and would need a closely woven inner bag for the emery. It is available in one ounce bags which is enough to fill a small emery bag or shape. The quarter next to the bag is to provide some reference scale for the plastic bag. Period instructions for making two types of emery cushion are included with a purchase of the emery. Cost is $2.15 per ounce
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Emery is defined in Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1861) as "A massive variety of corundum; its structure finely granular. . . " It was used for polishing metal, in lapidary, and was also used to polish discolored bone or ivory, polish fine knives, smooth and polish [not the enamel polish we know today] fingernails, or make razor paste