Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads 18th century lettering as it is really marvelous

as it is really marvelous

on super heavyweight

and the whole thing will rock back in forth on the rockers underneath

This little dog has floppy ears and a very sweet if a bit sad-looking face

and with what I believe is a lotus flower to her left

Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads 18th century lettering as it is really marvelousI'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"