Silver Tortoise Pin Cushion SEW00003.

An excellent gift for a sewing enthusiast or as a gift to celebrate any memorable occasion, this pin cushion has been skilfully crafted from hallmarked sterling silver. Shaped in a cute tortoise design, this pin cushion is perfect for keeping your pins and needles together. Designed and made in Britain, this collectable item has been hand finished and polished for premium satisfaction.

Tortoise Pin Cushion Sterling Silver SEW00003.

What is the difference between a tortoise and a turtle? This is a common question that most people ask. Simply put, all turtles are tortoises, but not all tortoises are turtles.

This is a bit confusing and not very descriptive. Here are a few quick tips on telling the differences between these two species.

Turtles live mainly in and around water, spending little time on shore. Tortoises are only land dwellers and can’t swim well, if at all.

Though turtles live primarily in the water, female turtles will come to land to lay their eggs and then return to the sea. The female tortoise may actually stay with her young until they are roughly 8 months old after hatching.

Turtles often have a smoother shell than tortoises so they can slip through the water with ease. Tortoises have large rounded shells that are very heavy which are necessary for protection against land and aerial predators.

Tortoises have stumpy almost elephant-like legs and thick claws for digging. Turtles have slimmer legs and some even have flippers. If they don’t have flippers, turtles will have webbed feet used for swimming.

Tortoises walk on their toes; this is called digitigrade. If they have feet instead of flippers, turtles will walk flat on their feet. This is called plantigrade.

Tortoises are covered in thicker scales, especially along the outer edges of their legs, some will grow spur like scales which are useful to keep predators away. The scales of a turtle are smoother.

Most Tortoises will have a more earthy or dusty coloration to them, this is to help in their camouflage on land, but these colours vary depending on species and breeding. Turtles tend to be more colourful and have a wider variation of colours.

Tortoise Pin Cushion Sterling Silver SEW00003.

This gorgeous little tortoise Pin Cushion, is hand crafted from real sterling silver, it is ideal for a collector of object d’ art, or as a practical sewing gift, the tortoise is finely detailed.

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