Object number
56/217/1-8
Description
8 bobbins used for making lace. They are made of turned wood, with brass or pewter wire inlaid. Some are dated.
These eight bobbins were used for making lace. They are made of turned wood, with brass or pewter wire inlaid. Some are carved with names in red dots. They also show dates and figures, picked out with coloured dots. The museum holds little information about their origins.
Physical description
8 Lacemaker's bobbins: wood, brass, beads, pewter
Archival history
Letter, Mrs Goddard to MERL, 15th May 1956 - 'I have, if you are interested, a good many lace bobbins, some of bone (or ivory) + some wooden ones, coloured beads + the bone (or ivory) ones have names on them, such as "William", Don't W. Tell. My Mother, in tiny red dots + names such as Eliza, Ann, with dates or figures, + are picked out with coloured dots + rings...'
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