And following links from that page (sorry, I know nothing about those bobbins, and the only time I visited Crystal Palace was with the Hertfordshire Donkey Racing Club <G>) - I found an interesting item - 250737101349 - http://preview.tinyurl.com/2w4qgxr. This is an "Antique Lacemaking Lace Makers Bobbins Mundillo Machine" and looks like some kind of mediaeval instrument of torture! It's had 23 bids and is up to $203.50. It seems to me that you'd need some really tough thread if you were to use this machine.
Margery. ================================================= [email protected] in North Hertfordshire, UK ================================================= > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Clay Blackwell > Sent: Thursday 09 December 2010 21:40 > To: ARACHNE > Subject: [lace] Crystal Palace bobbins? > > I've just stumbled across a interesting item on eBay. It is > for a pair > of bobbins which have a label that says they are from a set > of 144 made > for the Crystal Palace Exhibition. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
