Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads 18th century lettering called Hediao

called Hediao

debuted its Humpty Dumpty Circus in 1903 and this stand I believe dates to not long after that

I love the effort put into detailing the facade

and the whole thing will rock back in forth on the rockers underneath

Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads 18th century lettering called HediaoI've become interested in traditional lace making processes and tools the process of making bobbin lace, especially, I find amazing, and have included a photo of a lace bobbin like this in action. I'm always struck by how modern looking the loops of colorful glass beads (functioning as weights) found at the ends of British lace bobbins like of this one seem, though I know this one, made of bone, dates to the 19th c. It was personalized for "Betsy"