Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads helicopters MA based potter and ceramic

MA based potter and ceramic sculptor

as usual with these old sets

with a little room on the base on the front end for arranging a few inanimate creatures or whatever

beautifully crafted

which is a bit sad

Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads helicopters MA based potter and ceramicI've become interested in traditional lace making processes and tools the process of making bobbin lace, especially, I find amazing, and have included a photo of a lace bobbin like this in action. I'm always struck by how modern looking the loops of colorful glass beads (functioning as weights) found at the ends of British lace bobbins like of this one seem, though I know this one, made of bone, dates to the 19th c. It was personalized for "Betsy"