Hi Spiders,
I hope to get the East Midland Collectors Guide and Antique English Lace Bobbin Dictionary up on line soon. Meanwhile I have been looking at my digital East Devon (Honiton) bobbin collection and it is a bit "lacking"! Come to that, so too are my examples of Downton and Malmesbury bobbins. I wonder if any of you who may have Antique examples of these groups would be kind enough to send me pics or scans of them. Please. Malmesbury are essentially plain bobbins, but regarding Honiton's and Downton's I really would only like decorated examples of them please. They do need to be antique / vintage please. I just love the modern painted versions, just beautiful, but they do not fit into my field of study and collecting. Sorry. Any initials and dates on bobbins are very useful to their study. Re Honitons, ships, household items (social history) and inscriptions are very welcome (With text of inscription please.) Everyone points me to All Hallows when I make this type of appeal; suffice to say they are good friends of mine. Some museums like Exeter have good Honiton collections if you are keen photographers? No , I am not running out of areas of study, but would like to have the whole of England represented as well as I can. Thanks a lot Brian brid...@bigpond.com <mailto:brid...@bigpond.com> - 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/
