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Collectables => Treen => Topic started by: Trebor on March 09, 2011, 03:33:51 PM

Title: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: Trebor on March 09, 2011, 03:33:51 PM

Hi this is a pair of ? I think they are something to do with silk allthough what, i dont know..They are 245,mm long and have two nicely carvd pieces of ivory,The wood carving is good to.

Title: Re: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: keith on March 09, 2011, 09:02:23 PM

Could these be lace making bobbins? ahem! :o not really my field,crochet is more my bag,better shut up my street cred' is already low :ao: ;D

Title: Re: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: Trebor on March 09, 2011, 10:24:24 PM

Hi keith all i know is there well made :comp:

Title: Re: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: Anne on March 09, 2011, 11:49:41 PM

They'd be awfully big for lace bobbins wouldn't they? Mine are only around 4  inches long - Robert's would be around 9? inches long. The longest I've seen are around 5 inches.

We (my OH and I) think what you have are two pieces from a silk spinning wheel.

See here for an example of one:
http://www.french-treasures.net/Instrument_145/Spinning-Wheel-for-Silk-Walnut-Bone-Quimper-1930_2396.html

More spinning wheels here too:
http://www.itaggit.com/community/blogs/root/archive/2010/06/17/-Spinning-a-Beautiful-Collection_3A00_-Collecting-Antique-Spinning-Wheels.aspx

I wonder if  the creamy parts might be bone rather than ivory too? It's not easy to tell without close inspection... this page helps explain what to look for: http://www.asianartmall.com/refivory.htm

Title: Re: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: keith on March 10, 2011, 01:20:37 AM

Like I said not my field :czy:neither is metric measurements by the look of things :thd: :24:

Title: Re: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: Anne on March 10, 2011, 03:14:12 AM

Keith I don't do metric either,  :pst: which is why I have a steel tape measure on the shelf next to the computer, so I can convert everything from metric to things I understand!  :notme:

Title: Re: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: keith on March 10, 2011, 06:51:06 PM

Great minds think alike, ;D

Title: Re: IVORY ON WOOD
Post by: Anne on March 11, 2011, 01:30:48 AM

 :ao:   :bny: