Another point of reference is the lacefairy site, _www.lacefairy.com_ (http://www.lacefairy.com) where you can see art depicting lacemakers and their bobbins from the 17th century. On the My Met Gallery that I set up, there are two paintings from the 1600's, one Dutch, one Danish with bobbins ressembling the ebay bobbin. (Go to _http://www.metmuseum.org/mymetmuseum/index.asp_ (http://www.metmuseum.org/mymetmuseum/index.asp) and enter "lace" for user name and "lover" for password. The Dutch painting is near the beginning and the Danish painting is near the end.) But of course, it could have been made any time since. Brian could be making one now. Devon
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