Frankly I wish I could tell you but Wright knew the villages where certain bobbins come from.
Do you have a bobbin inscribed G P -FH August 26th 1813? Then that appears to commemorate a wedding in Renhold. That is pretty straightforward but so many of the inscriptions are repeated many (many) times!. The next two inscriptions L.K. 1844 and M.A,G Ag. 18 Ro. (Probably RO=Robert) These came from Turweston. Interesting he thinks the artistic design and development of the pretty East Midland bobbins was influenced by "The French Blood" in the people of North Bucks. When you read the article I am writing about Wrights bobbins you will find that A I tend to agree with him and B I go a bit further by asserting the bobbins makers that introduced these new designs actually copied the French bobbins of Normandy. That is a bit heretical, but maybe from some discussion we can learn something between us. I will be the first to put my hand up and say I was wrong, but it will be worth taking about. * The other heretical thing he mentions that there a some knowledgeable people of his time (Published 1919) who believe that lace (in England) started in Devon!! Wow. I will be carefully about weighing into that but you could take the opportunity of reading Yallops , History of the Honiton Lace industry. It is part of his doctoral thesis and he makes some good points. What I found interesting is that many of the inscriptions on bobbins were coincidental with the "Valentine craze in in England" 1860 - 1880. I cant comment on that but I do know that there is so much to learn and discover when we research the lovely Lace Making Bobbin. The other thing he has is quite an incomplete list of names on bobbins and the village he found them in Like Mary Bless. he saw this name on a bobbin in Cranfield, he does similar things for dates and Places. If only we had more time to research these gems he dropped. For example there is a bobbin inscribed "Ann Woolaston 1821" do you have this one? Is so he tells us that she lived in Castle Ashby. So here we have it, there is more to lace bobbins than we think. Drop me a note if you happen to have any of these bobbins please? Thanks,..with a picture?... double thanks smile. What I am learning is that Thomas Wright stirs the "grey matter" into action. Sorry to be a dull correspondent, if only I knew about lace!!! (failed) BTW I have been asked to write note about Marian Powys. Do any of you have a piece of her Lace in your collections. Did you know her?? If so tell me your story please. Many thanks Brian _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . SPAMfighter has removed 83 of my spam emails to date. Do you have a slow PC? <http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> Try a free scan! - 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/
