Lace-maker's bobbin of wood with a loop of beads at the end. [MJD (Verve) 7/3/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lace-maker's bobbin of wood with a loop of beads at the end. [MJD (Verve) 7/3/2016]
Long description: Lace-maker's bobbin of wood with a loop of beads at the end. There are five beads at the end. A short length of yarn is wrapped around the end. [MJD (Verve) 7/3/2016]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Launton
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Percy Manning; PRM source Percy Manning
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1896
Date collected: 1896
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal Wire, Material Bead, Material Yarn, Process Turned, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 105 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.29.20.5
Research and responses: There are many different styles of bobbin. Bobbins are usually made of wood or bone. They are usually decorated with words, paintings or tinsel but can be plain. A loop of beads at the end is known as a spangle. See webpage print out in the RDF for different styles of bobbin. [MJD 31/03/2015]
The Lace Guild website has an article about bobbin lace from Britain. [see http://www.laceguild.org/craft/britain.html accessed 31/03/2015] [MJD 31/03/2015]
According to the British History Online article about Launton 'It was reported in 1808 that two or three poor women, supported by the interest on [John] Henn's bequest, occasionally looked after labourers' children for 2d. or 3d. a week, and taught reading, the catechism, and lace-making.' 'Parishes: Launton', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 6, ed. Mary D Lobel (London, 1959), pp. 232-243 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol6/pp232-243 [accessed 31 March 2015]. [MJD 31/03/2015]

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