"MIP 1836"
Honiton engraved design of leaves and a fish filled in with red and black waxes.
$40
Honiton stained with nitric acid aqua fortis
$40
Honiton bobbin.
$25
Honiton bobbin. Engraved design of two ships in full sail, the initials CD, or DC and other small border designs.
$40 - Sold
Honiton stained with nitric acid aqua fortis
$40
Honiton bobbin. Engraved design
$40
Very slender old bobbin, completely covered in incised diamonds and triangles in rows. At the top of the shank are the incised letters S J and a motif.
$40
Covered in very small incised decoration in a geometric pattern of diamonds and triangles, themselves made up of tiny triangles. At the tip in a large triangle are the letters RM above a tiny heart. These are coloured red. On the other side is another large triangle with the letter MA in red.
£25 - Sold ($40)
"Rougement House Exeter"
Modern Honiton bobbin made for the newly opened Rougemont House Museum Exeter which is inscribed in a spiral of pinpricks around the shank. Bought from the Museum in October 1987, so now nearly 12 years old!.
$10
Modern spliced bobbin turned in plum wood made by Harry Gates of Pinhoe, Exeter. Bought October 1987.
$8
Modern spliced bobbin turned in castello box wood made by Harry Gates of Pinhoe, Exeter. Bought October 1987.
$8
Modern bobbin turned in purple heart wood and spliced with five colours by Harry Gates of Pinhoe, Exeter. Bought October 1987.
$8.51 - Sold
Modern spliced bobbin turned in holly wood made by Harry Gates of Pinhoe, Exeter. Bought October 1987.
$8