Gar's Lace Bobbin Collection
Series H - Midlands

[A - Names][B - Inscriptions][C - Bone][D - Sets]
[E - Pewter][F - Bitted/Spliced][H - Midlands]
[J - Bucks][K - Honiton & Modern]

These are all turned wooden bobbins with spangles, made in the Midlands during the 19th Century. Gar's catalogue identifies some of them more precisely to a specific region of the Midlands (e.g. 'East Midlands (Nottingham), the southern part (South Beds, North Bucks and Oxfordshire), or the Northern part (North Beds, North Hants and Huntingdonshire).

Midlands £25 - Unsold ($40) Interesting bobbin dyed and cut in a spiral.	Midlands £20.01 - Sold ($32.02)	Turned Midlands Bobbin £16 - Unsold ($25)
Midlands Spangle fixing £16 - Unsold ($25)	£16 - Sold ($25.60)	£18.50 - Sold ($29.60)
Old bobbin with modern example of a mourning spangle. £25 - Unsold ($40)	An "old maid" bobbin $20 - Sold	Probably used for Maltese or York lace $25
Unusual East Midlands bobbin with aqua fortis staining. East Midlands bobbins did not usually have aqua fortis staining. The spangle is attached by the less common staple method. £23 - Sold ($36.80)	Plain turned Bedfordshire bobbin $25	A midland bobbin £18 - Sold ($28.80)

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