19th c fireplace bellows-form pincushion

Small 19th century pincushion in the shape of a fireplace bellows with purple velvet covered pincushion between the two metal sides. Condition is generally good, but much of the silver plating has worn off the base metal, and the tip would have originally had a blunt needle-like pointed protrusion which is missing. Very likely this was one of the accessories on a chatelaine.