Reading the quotation of David Springett's comment
that ivory may have been used for "ladies'" bobbins
reminds me of a favourite remark by the Miss Tebbs in
their "The Art of Bobbin Lace" of 1907 - an excellent
instruction book, if not quite in comprehensible
English all the time. "... the bobbins should be the
shape of the illustrations on page 2, the ivory
bobbins taking precedence over the wooden variety,
being prettier to look at, pleasanter to handle and
emitting a more decided clicking sound as they glide
quickly into place, than the wooden bobbins, though
for practical purposes these latter are just as good".
They were writing for ladies! ... though the products
of their teaching were excellent.
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