Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads helicopters There is a little staining

There is a little staining along the right edge of Effusion's portrait

which is a bit sad

(Schoop's mother

telling me that whoever made this broom took great care with its making

I am sure this piece is Mexican

Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads helicopters There is a little stainingI'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"