Blue Glass Darning Egg. Darning egg for mending your stockings or socks - blue glass. Measures 14.2 cm long and 5.2 cm wide (5.5/8 inches by 2 inches). Excellent condition.
Circa: Mid 20th Century
Condition: Excellent
 

Mother of Pearl Handled Stiletto or Awl. Late 19th century to early 20th century - steel awl or stiletto with plain mother of pearl top. Often used for embroiderie anglais. Measures 8.5 cm long (3.3/8 inches). Some bloom to the steel, otherwise in very good condition.
Circa: Early 20th Century
Condition: Very Good
 

Boot Pin Cushion, Brass, 19th Century. Delightful little early Victorian brass shoe - it has been a pin cushion, but the cushion bit is now missing - easy enough to make a new one. Nice detail - right down to the hob nails underneath the boot. Measures 5 cm high and 9 cm long (2 inches by 3.1/2 inches). Some lifting to the brass on the upper, and possibly an old repair to the heel. A real cutie.
Circa: 19th Century
Condition: Very Good - needs restuffing
 

Wooden Needle or Lead Case. Round wooden case with pull-off top. Came with thick pencil leads in it (still there), but could be used for needles also. Case measures 106 cm long and 11 mm diameter (4.3/16 inch by 7/16 inch). Very good condition. Early 20th century.
Circa: Early 20th Century
Condition: Very Good
 

Ivory 19th Century Tape Measure Case. A little 19th century ivory case that would have contained a tape measure - it has a small spindle in the top which unscrews. The top of this spindle is broken. Case measures 4cm (just over 1.1/2 inches) high and 2.5cm (1 inch) diameter.
 

Victorian Wool Work Tapestry, Framed. A Victorian period tapestry - late 19th century. The subject is large roses, surrounded by a border of leaves. Possibly made to be a stool seat or table screen panel. The roses are given texture by using finer and coarser stitches and wool. Generally, the pattern is worked in thicker wool, and the background in fine. There is a part of the black border where for some reason brown has been used. Oval panel measures 42 cm by 32 cm (16.1/2 inches by 12.1/2 inches). The whole, frames measures 66 cm by 52 cm (26 inches by 20.1/2 inches).
Very good condition overall - possibly some fading to roses colour. Beige mount, gold frame.
Circa: Late 19th century
Condition: Very Good - see description
 

Ivory or Bone Embroidery Awl. A small 19th century embroidery awl for pierced work or broiderie anglaise work - made of ivory or bone. Measures 7cm (2.3/4 inches) long. In very good condition.
 

19th Century Bone Lace Bobbin. Beautiful polished bone pillow lace bobbin - the bead weights (spangles) at the top are orange glass, with a central larger green swirly-pattern bead. The bone has coloured spots of blue and red. Nicely polished by hands and time. Bobbin measures 9 cm long (3.1/2 inches). In very good condition - some natural small lines in the bone, and loss of colour to the spots, and a little very old minor bump at the spangles end.
Circa: Late 19th Century
Condition: Very Good
Country of Origin: GB
 

Pillow Lace Bobbin. A late 19th century, or possibly early 20th century pillow lace bobbin - made in turned wood. It has a hold drilled through the end if you wanted to put weights on it (these were usually coloured glass beads strung on a loop of fine wire). Measures 88mm long (3.1/2 inches) and 6mm diameter (1/4 inch) at its widest point. Excellent condition.
 

Vintage Pillow Lace Bobbin, with Spangles. An English East Midlands pillow lace bobbin, complete with its spangles (weight), in green and white beads. Wooden bobbin measures 11cm (4.1/4 inches) long. Excellent condition.
Circa: Early 20th century
Condition: Excellent
Country of Origin: GB
 

Lacemakers Bobbin with Spangles. Pillow lace bobbin, East Midlands, England. Late 19th or early 20th century, still with some thread on it. The spangles are on copper wire, and have a large yellow horn bead, with the other beads being glass. Bobbin measures 9.5 cm long (3.3/4 inches) with out the spangles ring. 6 cm diameter at its widest point (1/2 inch). Stain on the wood, otherwise excellent condition.
Circa: Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Condition: Very Good - see description
Country of Origin: GB
 

Five Large Weaving Spindles. A very decorative group of 5 large spindles containing coarse thread (or wool?) possibly for blanket weaving or carpet. Early industrial items. Each spindle measures 21cm long (just over 8 inches). One has "Durah reg Bal..." stamped on it, but I can’t read the rest.
Circa: Early 20th century
Condition: Used
 

Lacemakers Bobbin with Bead Spangles. East Midlands pillow lace bobbin with bead spangles. Late 19th or early 20th century. the spangles are all glass beads except for the smallest black bead which is wooden. Bobbin measures 96 mm long and 7 mm diameter at its widest point (3.3/4 inches by 1/4 inch). Excellent condition.
Circa: Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Condition: Very Good
Country of Origin: GB
 

French Pillow Lace Bobbin. Old French lacemaker’s bobbin, still with its thread. Made in what looks like olive wood. Measures 10.5 cm long (4.1/8 inches). Very good condition - it has the normal dings of age, but nothing serious. The sides of the bulb of these bobbins are slightly worn flat, where they constantly rub against the pillow.
Late 19th to early 20th century.
Circa: Late 19th or early 20th Century
Condition: Very Good - see description
Country of Origin: FR
 

Vintage Coat Buttons, Rust Coloured, x 11. Hard plastic or possibly vegetable ivory coat buttons x 11 - two of them are a slightly different colour. They measure 4 cm diameter, and are all in excellent condition (1.9/16 inch). Circa 1950s or earlier.
Circa: Circa 1930s-50s
Condition: Excellent - see description