Lorri wrote:
> The pillow is also quite small. It is shaped like a 'D' (on its side). It
> is 30 cm wide x 24 cm front-to-back, and sits on a slanted box. The pillow
> is on hinges and forms the box lid. A cut-out in the pillow holds a bolster
> 14 cm long and 7 cm in diameter. The padding
Brian and all,
I have recently received the pillows and bobbins from an American woman, now
deceased, who lived in Bucks during the 1980's. On one of the pillows, there
are 2 bobbins that look like what you are describing. They are part of a set
of small bobbins on a small pillow (traveling pil
I have one very, very thin bone bobbin - it has obviously been well used and
is very worn. Perhaps they started off thinner because of the amount of
bone available to use - better to make a thin bobbin than no bobbin at all.
Mine is of average length, but I do have a couple of very short wood b
Brian,
I have about 6 which sound similar to yours. I have always tended to
regard them as my oldest bone bobbins, simply because of the amount
of ware. A couple are almost worn half away on the shaft.
Each also seemed to have very simple spangles, of say, just one bead
and a button. But of
It may surprise many of you to know that my collection of bobbins is "very"
junky! I got them because they had degraded pewter, sealing wax heads, they
were bent, beaten up or anything that would help me "get inside" bobbins and
their makers.
Today I poured them out on to the table to just se
