Antique wooden lace bobbins with spangles traditionally come from the East Midlands of England, Victorian 1840-1900. All are inscised & the number in ( ) is the number of beads in the spangle. The timber is usually dark
8/392 = $20 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle is a glass opalescent button
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8/394 = $20 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle with two green faceted glass beads, with shanks (3)
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8/395 = $20 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle with black faceted glass bottom bead (4)
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8/399 = $23 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle (9)
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8/403 = $20 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle beads are small (7)
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8/404 = $22 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle beads are clear, amber & turquoise (5)
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8/405 = $22 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle beads are pink, clear & brown (7)
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8/406 = $25 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
spangle beads are pinks (Venetian glass) & clear (5)
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8/390 = $10 England - wooden Modern (1980s)
pale wood, using old glass bead spangles (5)
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8/1331 = $15 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
one long berry-shaped crystal bead (5)
110mm
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8/1332 = $12 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
1 large clear bead (5)
95mm
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8/1339 = $15 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
(9) beads
100mm
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8/1342 = $22 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
pewter insets
99mm
- beads missing -
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8/1345 = $12 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
pewter insets
91mm
- beads missing -
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8/1346 = $10 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
(1) glass button bead
89mm
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8/1347 = $10 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
for Honiton lace
83mm
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8/1349 = $15 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
(4) beads
85mm
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8/1350 = $15 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
pewter insets
there are 2 ‘slices’ along the shaft – purpose unknown
100mm
- it gives shaft a skew shape -
- beads missing -
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8/1352 = $15 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
(5) beads
67mm
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8/1355 = $25 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
finely wound brass wire
6 glass beads; 2 Venetian glass
90mm
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8/1356 = $25 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
shaft decorated with patterned metal/pewter
5 glass beads; 1 Venetian glass
94mm
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8/1358 = $88 England - bone early-Victorian
small red & blue painted dots
motto:
Benjamin Jarvis…1846…
6 glass beads; + 1 Venetian glass
106mm
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8/1359 = $25 England - bone Mid-Victorian
brass wire & blue and red dots
5 glass beads; 1 Venetian glass
89mm
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8/1361 = $80 England - bone early-Victorian
shaft decorated with small red & blue painted dots
‘words’ in a spiral, forming a motto: My love is at a distance but forever in mind …
- beads missing -
97mm
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8/1362 = $30 England - bone early-Victorian
red painted grooves
6 glass beads; + 1 Venetian glass
92mm
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8/1363 = $10 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
for Honiton lace
alternating red & black painted grooves
83mm
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8/1370 = $40 England - bone early-Victorian
Joan or John in red dots
blue & red dots & red painted rings
(8) beads
93mm
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8/1372 = $40 England - bone early-Victorian
Eliza in red dots
red & blue dots on opposing side
(4) beads + 1 Venetian glass
91mm
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8/1373 = $32 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
Oliver in dots
(4) beads + 1 small shoe button
110mm
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8/1374 = $18 England - wooden Mid-Victorian
inlaid with darker wood
(4) beads + 1 Venetian glass
90mm
- 2 inlays missing -
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8/1375 = $40 England - bone early-Victorian
George in brown dots
red & blue dots on opposing side
(4) beads + 1 Venetian glass
79mm
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8/1608 = $25 Wood
some pewter insets & tightly woven wire
(6) beads
92mm
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8/1610 = $22 Bone
(6) beads - one Venetian
99mm
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8/1611 = $16 Wood for Honiton lace
carved with crude vase of flowers 1850
97mm
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8/1612 = $38 Bone
inscribed Harrot in dots
(10) beads + one Venetian
88mm
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8/1613 = $38 Bone
inscribed James
blue and red dots on verso
(5) beads
99mm
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8/1614 = $30 Bone
brass wire bands
(6) beads + one Venetian
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8/1617 = $8 Wood
for Honiton Lace
99mm
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8/1620 = $8 Wood
for Honiton lace
84mm
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8/1621 = $22 Wood
with some pewter insets
(7) beads
89mm
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8/1622 = $35 Bone
inscribed I long to Marry (?)
over two sides in dots
flanked with red & blue dots
(8) beads
91mm
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