------ Original Message ------ From: "catherinebarley" <catherinebar...@btinternet.com> To: "Arachne Lace" <l...@arachnelace.com> Sent: Monday, 12 Jun, 2023 At 12:25 Subject: Fwd: Robin How silver bobbins?
I'm wondering if any of you have any of the Robin How silver bobbins from way back and have any idea how much we paid for them, as I've just unearthed seven of them and wondering what to do with them, along with quite a number of bobbin lace and needelace books long out of print. I have never cleaned the silver bobbins and had forgotten I had them until I discovered them yesterday morning, and they really are very dirty, but not sure about the smaller beads between the silver ones on the spangles and whether or not to dip them into the Goddards silver solution that I used to use to clean cutlery? The Mother and Babe one would have to be cleaned in the silver dip as it would be impossible to clean the tiny babe bobbin any other way! I've had no success yet with the books either so any suggestions would be gratefully received. See description of bobbins below. Seven solid silver lace bobbins bought years ago and which I had forgotten all about! They were made by Robin How, Bedfordshire and one of them No 305 of 500 was designed by Luton Museum and made by a Peter Phelan of Luton to commemorate the birth of a son to Princes Anne and Captain Mark Phillips 1977. I have one also by Robin How limited edition of 100 entitled Queen Victoria and a matching one, each No 068 of 100 entitled Queen Elizabeth I. A Silver Jubilee one 1977 and a Mother & Babe, Catherine of Aragon, Queen Anne, Anne Boleyn (all No 068 so guess they must have been a set of 6 Queens) and they all need a jolly good clean but not sure if I should pop them in some silver dip or not as some have beads on the bottom spangles which are not silver, but how else would one clean them? If any of you have some of these and can recall how much we paid for them or how too clean them, I'd love to hear from you. Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachnelace.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/
