Dear Malvery Ha, Ha, Well, being the actual person behind the quote, I was responding to Brian’s question in a previous post, concerning how low paid workers got their hands on high end bobbins. I agree with you that the usual material was bone. Ivory however was available via Kenya, South Africa, and other African areas the British Empire went (oh dear, we can’t forget India!) Anyway, we can’t discount the probability that ivory bobbins did and may still exist. The main gist of the conversation was that there very likely was a class of bobbin buyers who were landed gentry, had more coin to spend on upper end bobbins and basically made lace as a leisure not as income.
Cearbhael Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 9, 2019, at 8:04 AM, Malvary Cole <malva...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Brian wrote: > > 3. This what the Arachne member said to me : Yes, I would love to know > how low paid workers got their mitts on ivory mother and babes. > > My thought/question is 'How many actual ivory bobbins whether they be mother > and babes or just plain are there?' > > Ivory wasn't something readily available in the UK, so how was it obtained to > be used. Bone - yes, lots of them... > > Just my two pence worth. > > Malvary in Ottawa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
