A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH BONE LACE BOBBINS

A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH BONE LACE BOBBINS, MID 19TH C including Mother-and-Babe, Tigers, Bedfordshire Fly and wire beaded bobbins, twenty four named or inscribed examples (see online catalogue for full details) and eighteen others, including two green stained, all with glass spangles, various lengths (42)The named or inscribed examples are:1. JOSEPH DANCER DIED JUNE 4 18462. MARY ANN WICKHAM AGED 26 18363. LOVE GIVE/ME TRY4. JACOB5. FRANCIS6. THOMAS7. DAVID8. BETSY READ9. DEAR UNCLE10. MY DEAR AUNT11. A PRESENT FROM MY MOTHER12. SUSAN13. MARY14. EMMA PRICE IS MY NAME AGED 4 185715. DONT BE FALCS [SIC]16. VICTORIA 184117. RICHARD18. HARRIOT19. WILLIAM FOSKETT DIED JUNE 7 1850 AGED 1920. LUCY21. KITTY22. I LOVE MY LOVE BECAUSE I NO [SIC] MY LOV LOVS [SIC] ME23. SOPHIA24. TIS A LINE RY [SIC] FINE BUT NO LODGE [FOR A] HEART OF FALSE LOVE