It may surprise many of you to know that my collection of bobbins is "very"
junky! I got them because they had degraded pewter, sealing wax heads, they
were bent, beaten up or anything that would help me "get inside" bobbins and
their makers.
Today I poured them out on to the table to just see what I had and I
separated out about 6 very short, very thin, bone bobbins. They had been
spangled.
I have always thought that they were very old (whatever that means) but then
as I looked at them, they had clearly been used a lot (warn smooth, spangle
holes very large etc) I began to wonder if they might have had a special
role in lace making.
Why would historic lace makers want such small bobbins, (just because they
had them?) or did they have a special role in lace making?
Thanks
Brian and Jean
from Cooranbong, Australia
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