Two Unusual East Devon Lace Bobbins
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A short illustrated article by Brian Lemin (February 2011) examining two unusual decorated lace bobbins from East Devon. The first, the "wedding toast" bobbin, shows a sailor with a clay pipe and striped trousers, a lady in a colorful 1820s-style dress, champagne glasses, and the lettering "DRINK POLL". The second is inscribed 1820, SH and FAN and depicts a steam engine; the author weighs whether it is a railway locomotive, an agricultural traction engine or a pump, and concludes it is probably an agricultural engine. Photographs and comparison images of hats, clay pipes and steam engines accompany the text.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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