A Stanhope (in this instance) is a little place (read hole in the side) you look in and you can see a scene inside, sometimes it's a crest of some kind of words, but usually a picture of some tourist attraction, Big Ben, Tintagel, anyone's castle, a lovely picturesque English village, a field with sheep, etc. The actual picture is very very tiny, the whole you look through has a small magnifying lense in it.
I've seen a real bobbin with a Stanhope, but I suspect it was a pen before it was a bobbin. Lacemakers didn't usually travel much, not having the means to do extensive traveling. I can't imagine them buying Stanhopes left and right. Highlights of a lacemaker's year was the local fair and local happenings, thus hanging bobbins, bobbins with fairing and such. Lace in Peace, Laurie *-----Original Message----- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Tamara P Duvall *Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:43 PM *To: lace Arachne *Subject: [lace] Re: Another Ebay lace bobbin... * * *On May 22, 2005, at 21:18, Laurie Hughes wrote: * *> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? *> ViewItem&category=60201&item=7324835059 *> &rd=1 * *"Extremely rare" is right :) And, I always thought that "a Stanhope" *was some kind of a horse-pulled vehicle, but it seems to mean "a *spangle" here? *-- *Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ *Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) * *- *To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: *unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
