RE: [lace] Interesting item on ebay
They are used to secure continental bobbins out of the way while working. You slip the open end under the bobbins and they slide into the gap and then they are pined upright in the pillow. They are not really dividers more bobbin holders. I am sure someone that use them constantly will explain better than me. Cheers Faye Owers Tasmania [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:33 PM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Interesting item on ebay There's a "lacemaking" item on ebay, which I haven't seen before - a pair of lacemaking dividers - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Interesting item on ebay
Dear Jean and all I have 10 of these dividers, you put them on your pillow so that they stay up at a soldier, then you can put your bobbin, best danish tønder or english so that they do not use much space f, ins. when you have 1200 bobbins on your pillow Helene - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Interesting item on ebay
Hello Jean For once an ebay seller does seem to have the description right! They are used for stacking bobbins in an orderly fashion whilst working on another section. The photo doesn't show how long the pin sticking out of the round end is but it should be fairly substantial so that the divider will stay upright at the side/back of the pillow. Brenda On 16 Sep 2006, at 08:32, Jean Nathan wrote: There's a "lacemaking" item on ebay, which I haven't seen before - a pair of lacemaking dividers. I realise that bobbin lace isn't the only type of lacemaking, but I can't work out how it would be used, if it is indeed for lacemaking of some kind. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PAIR-OF-LACEMAKING- DIVIDERS_W0QQitemZ220028288722QQihZ012QQcategoryZ112535QQrdZ1QQcmdZView Item tinied: http://tinyurl.com/za77t or search for item number 220028288722 Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay
What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx This one looks like the lid of an old school desk! > Another intriguing ?lace? item on eBay No 280531829911. > Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay
I think it may be an old writing desk, since the open side is at the hinged end. From: Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx This one looks like the lid of an old school desk! > Another intriguing ?lace? item on eBay No 280531829911. > Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay
The first thing I thought of was the top of an old treadle sewing machine. On 7/12/2010 9:45 AM, Nancy Neff wrote: I think it may be an old writing desk, since the open side is at the hinged end. From: Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx This one looks like the lid of an old school desk! Another intriguing ?lace? item on eBay No 280531829911. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com -- Ruth R. in Ohio roxw...@krafters.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay
"Another intriguing lace item on eBay No 280531829911?" What is used to hold fields/backgrounds/foundations when motifs/medallions are applied afterwards (vs. the fields being worked with the motifs)? I don't see the hinge someone else did, but it is propped or askew, so could imply such? The leather lashed half rounds could be removable, so something could be basted to it while working? The routed hand grips seem unlike any desk top I have seen, and something toteable tends to be lighter (thinner) and smaller (circumference). For writing, they could have had three ends to keep from sliding off, and wouldn't the edges have been more squared vs. being rounded? How many things evolved and were made for an exact task, and sometimes pre-existing things recycled for another use? Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
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Brenda Paternoster wrote: What will they think of next to describe as a lacemakers' xx This one looks like the lid of an old school desk! Perhaps a cutting board (for bread, etc.)? Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay
Hi All, Maybe it shows a mis-spent youth, but the first thing I thought of when I saw this object was the business bit of a 'shove-ha'penny' board, without the markings ... Carol - in Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: "Susan Reishus" Subject: Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP
I bought the same thing from the National Park Service (USA) some years ago for around $45. Mine also has the exact same "Pontil mark" on the bottom and is the exact same size as described by the seller. The National Park Service also sells them with a wick and a metal cover, also described by the seller. She/he apparently got all their information from the NPS. No amount of persuasion by me could get the Park Service to change their description or stop selling them as patio lamps, even though they are described as "18th Century reproduction of a Lacemaker's Lamp." I kept the catalogue from which I bought the lamp so I am certain of my description. They are handblown in Jamestown and Williamsburg, Virginia for the NPS. I can't remember which National Park gift shop I was in last year (FH Clive and I go to alot of Civil War battlefields managed by the NPS) and they had the lamps in the gift shop for around the same price, including the wick, if I recall. Lordy, someone will think they have a rare antique (3 of them??) and pay foolishly for them. With Mouth Agape, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Apr 8, 2004 4:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S >OIL LAMP >This seller has three rare lacemaker's lamps for sale! >It does look like what I think is the real thing. Pretty pricey >though. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP
Hi Betty Ann, I also have one of these reproductions from NPS at Jamestown, VA, except that mine has a handle. They are hand blown there at the park and based on originals that were found in the area. The person I spoke to there admitted that these probably we not used as the light source, ie; an oil lamp but as the water globe, hence the hole in the top to add the water. But in order to sell them, they have added the the metal cover and wick to make them useful as oil lamps, since not many people have a use for water globes these days. I certainly didn't pay $100.00. I too chuckled at 3 of the same "rare" items. Dona in Asan, Guam where Typhoon (soon to be supertyphoon) Sudal spared us a direct hit on Wed. but our neighbor island of Yap has not so fortunate. - Original Message - From: "Clive and Betty Ann Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP > I bought the same thing from the National Park Service (USA) some years ago for around $45. Mine also has the exact same "Pontil mark" on the bottom and is the exact same size as described by the seller. The National Park Service also sells them with a wick and a metal cover, also described by the seller. She/he apparently got all their information from the NPS. No amount of persuasion by me could get the Park Service to change their description or stop selling them as patio lamps, even though they are described as "18th Century reproduction of a Lacemaker's Lamp." I kept the catalogue from which I bought the lamp so I am certain of my description. > > They are handblown in Jamestown and Williamsburg, Virginia for the NPS. > > I can't remember which National Park gift shop I was in last year (FH Clive and I go to alot of Civil War battlefields managed by the NPS) and they had the lamps in the gift shop for around the same price, including the wick, if I recall. > > Lordy, someone will think they have a rare antique (3 of them??) and pay foolishly for them. > > With Mouth Agape, > Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Apr 8, 2004 4:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [lace] Interesting item on eBay web site item# 3285954173: Rare LACEMAKER'S OIL LAMP > > >This seller has three rare lacemaker's lamps for sale! > >It does look like what I think is the real thing. Pretty pricey > >though. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
