Brian,
I have about 6 which sound similar to yours. I have always tended to
regard them as my oldest bone bobbins, simply because of the amount
of ware. A couple are almost worn half away on the shaft.
Each also seemed to have very simple spangles, of say, just one bead
and a button. But of course, that could have been done at any time,
David in Ballarat
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?
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