Tatting bobbin
Category
Tools
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Coloured glass, Plum
Measurements
110 x 13 x 8 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549545
Summary
Plum tatting bobbin for lace. Cylindrical profile with spiral grooves and two cone-shaped sections, narrower section below thistle finial. With 5 glass beads - 2 amber faceted, 2 clear faceted, 1 clear blue circular. Handwritten label, inscribed: 'Lace bobbin cut glass spangles spiral twist 3/- plum C prob early 19thC'. 1800 - 1900.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
Lace bobbin cut glass spangles spiral twist 3/- plum C prob early 19thC (label)