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Click here to subscribeA mixed lot _ sewing _ comprising a tortoiseshell shuttle, sd, 11cm, four decorative brass retractable crochet hooks, two others, three stilettos, two steel tweezers/earspoons, a silver bladed fruit knife with mother of pearl handle, four other items, a folding ivory rule by ïAdie, EdinburghÍ, and three pin papers (qty)
Five bone and ivory needlecases all with Stanhopes comprising a cannon barrel (six views _ A Memory Of Bridlington Quay, 8cm, a furled umbrella (four views _ Souvenir of Llandudno), 10cm, another (Alexandra Park Entrance), 12.5cm, and two turned and carved cylinder examples (Vue Generale De LÍExposition Universalle de 1878), 9cm, and (six views _ A Memory Of Pwllheli) 9.5cm (5)
Four pincushions comprising a standing coquilla nut example, 6.7cm high, another in box with pierced decoration, 6.5cm, another in vegetable ivory with double pincushion below a tape measure, tape lacking, 7.7cm high and an ivory roundel form pincushion one side with carved border to open velvet centre, 4.5cm dia (4)
Nine needlecases comprising a celluloid example of umbrella form fitted to the point with a pencil, 13.5cm, a turned bone example with needle threader, 10.5cm, a plain ivory example, 7cm, a carved wooden Tyrolean example, 12.5cm, a vegetable ivory example, another for crochet, both sd, a Mitrailleuse example for Serpent, a ïNitaÍ example, and a Japanese wooden example with thimble end, 9cm (9)
A 19th Century French ivory sewing compendium of rectangular form the lid formally with applied motif, the interior flush fitted with silver gilt tools comprising, twin blade folding knife, stiletto, tambour hook, bodkin, thimble, scroll arm scissors, needlecase, and propelling pencil, 12 x 7.5cm
Four tape measures comprising a mother of pearl and gilt metal bird cage example, replacement plain tape, 2.3cm, and three miniature examples comprising a circular example in gold with engraved border, tape frayed and a/f, 10.4cm, a silver barrel with bands of decoration, tape faint and shortened, 2.2cm, and an Anglo-Chinese ivory example, 1.7cm (4)
A mixed lot _ sewing _ comprising a pin stuck rectangular pincushion ñLGÍ1878î, 17 x 13cm, a vegetable ivory barrel form tape measure with Stanhope (six views _ A Memory Of Dawlish), printed tape complete, a pin paper, a wafer box, and the lower section of a mother of pearl figural needlecase carved as an officer 6.5cm (5)
Two unusual 19th Century small format knitting sheaths, comprising a small silver example, French or Dutch, one side with wriggle work borders and leaves, the other plain and mounted with a tube as a sword scabbard, with four stitching holes, 5.5cm, and an oval ivory example with carved decoration, the border with pairs of holes for stitching, 5cm (2)
A collection of silk winders comprising a set of four mother of pearl rectangular examples with inward curving sides, 6cm, a set of four wooden star form floral painted examples, two with points damaged, 5cm, a set of four rectangular ivory examples, 4.7cm, another set of three, a pair and six others (23)
A mixed lot _ sewing comprising an ivory disc form pincushion 4.2cm, a needlecase as a furled umbrella with Stanhope (A Memory of Buxton, six views), a bone prisoner of war work stiletto, a leather book form needlepacket box, sixteen coloured needlebox prints, a vegetable ivory combination pincushion/tape measure, sd to base, 6cm, and a boxwood moule turc, 7cm dia (22)
Four needle books and boxes comprising a tortoiseshell example of knife box form, white metal lid plaque, bone internal divisions, 5.2cm high, a rectangular green leather gilt tooled exampled inscribed to lid ïNeedlesÍ, 5cm, a needle book with variant carved boards, 9 x 6cm, and an ivory example the cover engraved ïMenagerieÍ (housekeeper), 3.2 x 4.2cm (4)
Knitting _ three pieces comprising a pair of adjustable silver knitting needle protectors engraved ñE.B. 21st Nov. 1885î, 23cm closed, an ivory knitting needle cylinder with engraved gold bands, crack to screw top, 17cm, and a pair of plated brass knitting needle protectors in the form of ladyÍs boots (3)
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