Sue wrote:
or Springett's (I can't remember who their business is now owned by)?
Springetts bobbins are now sold by Roseground Supplies
http://www.roseground.com/
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Could the English bone bobbins have been made by Stephen Pearce:?
http://homepages.tesco.net
I am sorry that i have been away and not had access to my email.
Just a bit off topic... my wife fell and fractured her skull (temporal and
mastoid) whilst we were away; 5 days in high depoendency, multi scans,
mental tests etc etc. Very scary; but she is making a slow but positive
recovery.
not be appropriate also...
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Was the Australian bobbin maker, Malcolm Fielding (actually English
] Odd request: value of lace bobbins
No, John Pollard stopped making bobbins some years ago due to ill health.
Ruth (Sydney, Australia)
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Acorn. That is it.
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Could the English bone bobbins have been made by Stephen Pearce
I was interested to read Brian's analysis, since he has actually tracked
these things. Yes, it was certainly an interesting test case when the
Springetts, who have an exceptionally fine, and I would imagine, well
provenanced
collection of bonafide antique bobbins, not to mention the panache
Surely that means that they are exactly that tools of the trade.
Unless you declared to the tax people that you are never going to
teach again, then you may take it up again and you can't unless you
have tools of the trade! Mind you, American law is probably different
to English law.
This advise sounds like king Solomon
To be totally honest, if your husband thinks your bobbin
collection is worth $10,000, I think you should insist that
he take it as part of the marital settlement, it is the best
offer that you are going to get for it.
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Subject: RE: [lace] Odd request-value of lace bobbins
This advise sounds like king Solomon
To be totally honest, if your husband thinks your bobbin
collection is worth $10,000, I think you should insist that
he take it as part of the marital settlement, it is the best
offer that you
Dear List:
It's been a while since I've been active in lacemaking during a recent move,
several of my projects were damaged. I'd hoped that I might have found someone
in NE who was willing to provide professional assistance in possibly righting
the wrongs done to the threads... and I am still
Hi Carrie -
I am so sorry to hear about what you're having to go through.
I know that you were wanting to be brief, but you didn't give us some
important information. What state are you in? That would help us
identify someone relatively nearby who might help. Also, you didn't say
how old
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Subject: Re: [lace] Odd request: value of lace bobbins
Hi Carrie,
Would the bobbin maker have been John Pollard? I had planned to
purchase bobbins from him several years ago but didn't get around to
it. Does anyone know if he still makes bobbins? I may still have
Could the English bone bobbins have been made by Stephen Pearce:?
http://homepages.tesco.net/~stephen.pearce/
or Acorn Bobbins:
http://acornbobbins.co.uk/index.htm
or Chris Parsons:
http://www.lace-bobbins.co.uk/bobbins.htm
or Painted by Sarah Jones:
Holly Van Sciver sells estate bobbins, which means she has to put a value
on them, taking into account whether they are antiques, or whether they are
newly made, and possibly depreciated. Perhaps, for a fee, she could
evaluate the bobbins, based on sales that she has made, ie. what they call in
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