Are these horn bobbins? The Lake District has a long tradition of working horn into various articles, spoons, fruit knives, shoe horns etc. They do have a lot of sheep in the area. I have bought horn bobbins at the horn shop, in Windermere, I think.
Jean in Cleveland U.K.
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<< http://bobbins.lacefairy.com/BobbinMuseum/Bones.html >> --------------- Dear Brian,
About 20 years ago, in a little village in The Lakes District of England, I
asked in an embroidery shop if they had any lacemaking bobbins. The owner
produced some bone bobbins from their hiding place.
One was from a "White Deer", and is white in color. The other, memory
insists, was antelope. It is taupe-colored, and sort of translucent. I thought
they were both from antlers!!! In 2001, I bought some bone bobbins, with
interesting natural coloration, from a tiny embroidery shop in Scotland.
This begs the question: Could antlers of sheep have been used to make bobbins - in Cyprus?
I will ferret these bobbins out of their hiding places, and ask the Lacefairy
to send pictures to you for your study, and then the pictures of them can be
added to her Web Site.
Am including this info to Arachne, because it may trigger memories of other
bone bobbins that lacemakers have found in remote places during their travels.
I mean, ones that are not symetrical and ornate like the ones we usually find
being sold at Lace Days.
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