Oh, oh, me, me, I bet I know what that is!!! It's a distaff - the
thing that women (you know, "distaff side ...") use to hold
the fiber they're spinning so they have two hands free to spin with.
If this is in fact an artifact of the silk industry, it would be
holding the broken fibers that make up "spun silk" ;-)
Oh, oh, and I just looked at the other things. Wow!!! I bet those are
spindles - for spinning the silk. Probably not drop spindles,
but supported spindles.
Oh, they are nifty!! And no, I will not be tempted ... (pause while I
repeat that 50 times to make sure it sticks)!!!
As for the lace connection -- these don't look to be suited for high
volume production. More like low volume, careful, precise production--
as would be suited for lace. But then again, it could be for the Lady
filling up her idle moments and showing off her lovely hands spinning
up some silk that she will then wind on her lovely big knotting
shuttle to make some knotted silk -- again showing off her lovely
hands --
which she will then couch onto a piece of silk in artful fashion --
again demonstrating her skill, taste, idleness, and ... lovely hands.
Thank you, Jean, for finding and sharing! You've made my morning
bright here in cloudy Virginia!
Su
On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:07 AM, Jean Nathan wrote:
Any ideas what this ebay item is? Can't believe it's a lace bobbin.
19TH LARGE LONG SILK IVORI LACE BOBBIN RARE
Item numbber: 180291700210
tinied: http://tinyurl.com/3sz72n
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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