The correspondence about Frank Newborn inspired me to examine my two silver bobbins - I wondered if they had been made by him. They were given to me by my late husband to commemorate our silver wedding in 1985. One has an inscription, the other is turned and decorated. They both have birdcage spangles, which I am sure were added by the maker. I am also sure that we contacted the maker through an advertisement in The Lace Guild magazine.
I have been able to decipher the hallmarks and they were assayed by the London assay office in 1984. The maker's mark is not FWN but RKN. I have looked him/her up in the list of marker's marks, and he is listed as a London maker, but only by his initials, with his mark seen on a decanter label in 1982. Now, of course, I want to know who made my bobbins, who RKN is! I wonder if anyone on the list can help. Kathleen Berkshire, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
