I think that what has to be considered about these is that lacemaking
was 'work' , a trade. Possibly some ladies indulged themselves in the
craft, but by and large it was a working class occupation and therefore
you bought the cheapest bobbins available. Even husbands etc could not
afford
This evening I received the following email from Malcolm Welch:
Please read ,if you agree with complaint see below,then I request you
remove your bids,I am not in the habbit of misleading you or anyone else,You
are bidding on bone lace bobbins,When I started selling lace bobbins on the
Ebay Site
Unlike Jean I have seen very few people offer certificates on ivory
articles, which I know to be ivory, i.e. chess sets, book marks, jewelry,
etc. Recently the laws in the U.S. have been altered to allow ivory that
was in the country before C.I.T.E.S. to be reworked and sold. It is not
allowed
