Hi Clay and everyone > I do enjoy seeing some of the strange things people associate with lace. This is a "bobbin" which someone may have spangled after deciding it was a bobbin... or it may have actually been used by a lacemaker (who was being resourceful?) But it clearly wasn't originally made as a bobbin... so what WAS it??
I like to think it was used by a lacemaker who was being resourceful - the one bobbin broke and here was a doo-dad that could be cobbled into a replacement. I used a BIC pen once, when a bobbin broke - why not this a century or so ago LOL As to what it really is/was, I hold with Brian's message that it was a handle, on account of its taper - a nib holder, or for any of the other tools that Victorians wanted to keep to hand -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
