Brian - I am on holiday at the moment and have only briefly read the reply from Jacquie - my sister - but just wanted to add to the discussion that I bought some old pewter wrapped bobbins where the pewter had disintigrated and I discussed, at length, with a current pewter worker and showed him the bobbins and he doubted that he could produce anything to replace the pewter which had disintigrated and said that he couldn't see how it was possible to put pewter into the bobbins because the melting point would cause the bobbin to burn:
Isn't it amazing what our ancesters could do!!! Malvary enjoying a holiday near Abbeville, France but I haven't seen any lace yet - next week at the UK lace convention I'll remedy that! The weather is lovely, too > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [lace] Old bobbins ... pewter > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:04:42 -0700 > > Certainly David is correct about what pewter will last. The "better" the > pewter the shorter it will last if not kept correctly. > > I will have to research the "catching" degradation from and poor pewter > bobbin. As it stands, I do not see how a poor pewter can infect an intact > pewter. My chemistry was never very good at the best of times! :) > > I will have to think who to ask abut this. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clay Blackwell" <[email protected]> > To: "Brian Lemin" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:11 PM > Subject: Re: [lace] Old bobbins ... pewter > > > > Since writing to you about this, I remembered that the 'warning' I had in > > my head came from David Springett who said that rotten pewter was pewter > > which had too much tin in it, and that a bad bobbin could damage a good > > one. > > Clay > > > > Brian Lemin wrote: > >> Although pewter degradation is often talked of in "Human" terms, I am > >> pretty sure it is not catching! It is a chemical process that starts > >> when the pewter gets to certain temperature (I wrote an article about it > >> many years ago but I have forgotten the details!... old age!) > >> > >> I do remember the story that says that Napoleons army uniforms had pewter > >> buttons and when the went to Russia in the freezing conditions there, the > >> buttons disintegrated. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Blackwell" > >> <[email protected]> > >> To: "Brian Lemin" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:27 PM > >> Subject: Re: [lace] Old bobbins > >> > >> > >>> Brian, I've got the "warning" in my head that if we have a "rotten" > >>> pewter bobbin, we should always keep it separate from any other pewter > >>> bobbins as they can contaminate the good pewter. Thoughts? > >>> > >>> Clay > >>> > >>> Brian Lemin wrote: > >>>> The one warning that I would make is regarding bobbins that have pewter > >>>> in them. They must not be kept in any place where they might get very > >>>> cold. If they do this will accelerate the process of pewter > >>>> degradation. > >>>> > >>>> For other bobbins, keep out of direct sunlight. > >>>> Avoid damp > >>>> Even temperature > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> - > >>> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > >>> unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > >>> signature database 3991 (20090407) __________ > >>> > >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >>> > >>> http://www.eset.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> - > >> 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] > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature database 3994 (20090407) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > - > 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]
