England's Oldest Lace Bobbin. Do We Really Know ?
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Brian Lemin's article investigates which lace bobbin can claim to be England's oldest, and the problems of dating bobbins from inscriptions and archaeological context. He reviews archaeological finds (Oxford Museum, a Gloucester midden bobbin, a Danish bog find of about 1550, and the Eye, Suffolk hoard) and then dated East Devon (Honiton) and Downton bobbins, including the Fitzwilliam Museum's carved Shepherd's Bobbin (c.1795) and a 1693 Downton bobbin. He concludes that the 1662 Budleigh Salterton bobbin in the Fairlynch Museum is the oldest dated English lace bobbin, and discusses its hand-carved neck and pole lathe turning. Illustrated with photographs of bobbins and a pole lathe diagram, with references.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 11
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