I think it's a stiletto. Take a look at this stiletto: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3241092100 the point is about the same size and shape.
About the hole in the end - possibly for threading a ribbon through, to help you keep track of your stiletto? Maybe it went on a chatelaine, or just was attached to your sewing box so you could always find it.
Another possibility is that there was a bit of curved glass set into the end, as a magnifier, that could have broken. This theory is a bit thin, I know, but if the seller can't tell it isn't a lace bobbin you never know what else they may not have noticed.
Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada)
Jean wrote:
This certainly isn't a lace bobbin - there's nowhere to wind the thread. I
don't think it's a stilleto because the point's rather short and the taper's
a bit steep. Thought there might be a stanhope (magnifying glass with tiny
pictures of scenes of a town or village) in the blunt end, but the 'hole'
looks oval rather than round and I've only ever seen round stanhopes.
So has anyone got an idea what it is?
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