The crux of the matter here is that the bobbins in question are Victorian
Midlands bobbins, made by probably low-income, village bobbin makers. It is
known that quite a few of these people probably made the bulk of their income
from
their bobbin and their skill is absolutely undeniable. If they
lace bobbins on Antiques Roadshow
Thanks to those of us who wrote to the Antiques Roadshow regarding 'ivory'
bobbins, their expert has admitted that this was a mistake and that they
would be bone. The values given were for insurance and therefore high. Just
got to convince 'Flog-it!'.
So it's
Hi,
Thought I'd put my two cents in on the subject of IVORY BOBBINS. Yes,
there are ivory bobbins out there and there are bone bobbins out there.
Please don't tell someone a bobbin is not ivory just by looking at a picture
of it or seeing it on TV. Many years ago my husband and I were
From: Patsy A. Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thought I'd put my two cents in on the subject of IVORY BOBBINS.
Yes,
there are ivory bobbins out there and there are bone bobbins out
there.
Please don't tell someone a bobbin is not ivory just by looking at a
picture
It's my understanding that
Thanks to those of us who wrote to the Antiques Roadshow regarding 'ivory'
bobbins, their expert has admitted that this was a mistake and that they
would be bone. The values given were for insurance and therefore high. Just
got to convince 'Flog-it!'.
So it's definitely worth contacting
