This particular idea stems from the knowledge that all bone items were carved by sailors for their sweethearts, and that all those sailors were on whalers in 1843.
It's the same knowledge from which we get all that lace that is indisputably "victorian." :->
Vasna in snowy Boulder, Colorado, where the flakes are coming down now as big as peas!
At 06:52 PM 2/11/2004 +0000, you wrote:
How about this one - a 'scrimshaw' lace bobbin carved by a sailor at sea for his sweetheart! Really???
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2595550223&category=439 9
Where do sellers get their ideas from?
Jean in Poole
Vasna Zago Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
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