6 bobbins for making lace

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Turned, decorated in color, and weighted with jingles of glass beads. The bobbins have the following words in colored dots: a) Betsy, b) Betty, c) Will, d) Frederic, e) Marry Me Quick, f) Joseh
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
18th–19th century
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. C. H. Judkins
Medium
Bone, glass
Type
appliances & tools
6 bobbins for making lace
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