Yes, good idea to point out to the seller what they are, then the right bidders can know about them ;) I had a thought related to lace, did the machines for lacemaking use such a sort of thing? There are quite a few different machines for making lace - I'm not familiar with the machinery, but I do know that some machine laces are warp oriented, some weft (and some both) - perhaps the flying shuttle was used in lace machinery? Maybe these stubby pirns could be lace-related. I just gave away an armload of much longer pirns at one time used in a woollen mill - someone, a lacemaker, had wound this lot with linen twine and attempted a bobbin lace sampler. The other two 'bobbins' are possibly from another style of weaving shuttle, where the bobbin (spool or bobbin is correct) is cradled inside the shuttle, or they are part of the rig used for sectional warping, one spool per warp thread, feeding into the loom. I can't tell if they have a hole through the middle for a metal shaft to hold them.
Yup fer sure. They are "pirns" for weavers shuttles. How about: Everybody > write them a note so they'll believe, change the title, and get the right > bidders to bid on them. Its mean to know what they are and not say. > > > > > Someone must know what these are, listed as lacemaking bobbins: > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lot-4-Vintage-Antique-Lace-Making-Bobbin- > > > > > Bobbins_W0QQitemZ140112007729QQihZ004QQcategoryZ134591QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewI > > > tem > > > > > > tinied: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ynklrg > > > > > > or search for item number: > > > > > > 140112007729 > > > > > > If you click on "view sellers's other items", he/she's got two > other > > > lots of similar items, but one has a couple of wooden spools and > one > > > of these things. > > > -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
