Dear All,
Trust me to get all excited and have to share it with you. With great
respect to non bobbin enthusiasts, I know only a few will be interested..
That is fair enough.
As Diana has found with East Midland bobbins the issue of alphabet style of
the makers is quite significant when it comes down to the finer aspects of
identification of makers.
With East Devon bobbins we have nothing to start with, sure i can group
bobbins according to what they depict, but we have no idea who the maker is
nor whom the decorator may be.
So today i took the initial steps to examine alphabets styles of decorators,
and whist this work has only just begun (You cant imagine how boring it is,
even though i am more than keen!)
I have ID two decorators by their style of *numbering*
The first uses all straight lines to draw the number *8* I have ID two of
these bobbins. (two very exciting and almost unique bobbins)
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The second uses an *exclamation mark* ; broad top, down to a pointy bottom;
for the Number 1. I have ID 22 of these bobbins.
Sorry to be up on cloud No.9 I will come down to earth soon, i can assure
you
East Devon Bobbin collectors.... have a look and see what you have got.
If you think you can contribute to this project and want me to send you a
sample image, you will need to drop me a personal email.
Brian
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