I have started to write the promised article and doing reasonable well. I
have omitted the largest group of hand carved/decorated bobbins as they are a
genre to themselves, namely the East Devon/Downton bobbins... also I am
sticking to English antique. The Continental hand carved bobbins are very
Yes, categories. Also, maybe the categories relate to other forms of folk
art such as embroidery and carving on other wood pieces such as spindles,
door frames, knitting sheaths, ... love tokens ... with regional or
occupational speceficities such as anchors, fishes, fishnets, flowers,
etc.
Just a
