SOLD…….A brass wired bone lace bobbin. 19th century.

SOLD…….A brass wired bone lace bobbin. 19th century.A turned bone lace bobbin wrapped with brass wire and partly coloured in red and blue. It has its original spangle with glass beads some of which are square cuts. In excellent condition. NB. Lace making was a cottage industry using domestic animal bone and local soft woods not ivory. Stock no. KS13

In very good condition- lightly tarnished but no damage

The edge of the case is tooled in gold

Both would sit inside a 4

A delicate pair of steel scissors

it is tarnished but may be able to be cleaned with care

Rosewood thimbles were common in Tunbridge Ware boxes

9cm long closed

They are good quality and undamaged having been kept in their original leather case however the blades are rusted

The blade of the knife is stamped with the cutler's name

The third is wired over coloured tinsel and striped in red and green and the fourth one is wired as well as spotted and striped with colour

A little embossed silver pill box

there are tiny pin prick holes on a few of the high points in the embossing -mentioned for accuracy