There's a continental spangled bobbin on ebay described as:
"Lovely Victorian Honiton Lace Spool. Being treen with coloured glass spangle. From East Midland England. "
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3249549329&category=114
The bobbin itself seems to be equally mixed up :) Its tail looks Swedish, but Swedish bobins usually have single heads; Bayeux bobbins have double heads (like Midlands), but their tails are different -- they widen at the bottom instead of narrowing... Even before the spangle was added (for a truly international mix <g>), it would have been hard to, er... make head or tail of it... And I wonder what makes the seller think it's Victorian; calling it "treen" (instead of just plain "wooden") doesn't make it old...
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