I have a very large collection of old bone lace bobbins but as far as I'm
aware only one old ivory. Certainly your working lacemaker would not have
been able to afford such a luxury.
Give a thought to the missionaries and people such as Miss Channer who could
have acquired locally made ivory bobbins which must surely have been
available or could be commissioned in India and Africa. Certainly in India
many girls were taught to make lace by the nuns and missionaries - Miss
Channer taught lacemaking at the mission at Kalimpong - so surely bobbins
were produced locally.
The photographs I have of lacemakers in India are not clear enough to be
sure, Ceylon workers are using wooden bobbin but in Madagascar they seem to
have bone/ivory.
Diana in Northamptonshire
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