It's possible that Ruth Bean was licenced,by C C Channer's heirs, to use the pricking, but the copyright remained with her heirs. If that is the case then only the artwork for the Ruth Bean version will be copyrighted to Ruth Bean's heirs.
Brenda On 8 Jan 2014, at 08:16, Jean Nathan wrote: > It's quite possible that Ruth Bean didn't include the mat as part of the sale > of their business, in which case that edition is lost forever, but at least > we'll know that that avenue can't be pursued further. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/