Needlework tools from around the world, some which can be used and some just for collecting

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Pincushions

8/677 = $33 Mauchline ware transfer Brooklyn Bridge New York Statue of Liberty New York 88x64x55mm - original blue cushion but very worn so that some of stuffing visible - - damage with a crack in the whole length - - which seems to have been glued on one side - - one of the short ends has two cracks along the length - uu1013 = $11 Shell with velveteen “cushion” modern uu1494 = $3 Mini basket floral fabric cushion NEW uu1493 = $12 Sweetgrass basket original green velvet cushion sectioned into 8 with thread NEW

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Sewing kits / Mending kits

8/1224 = $14 Plastic Souvenir of … Motel Olsen’s Valley 64mm pristine plastic thread winder/needlecase - very rubbed lettering -

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Tape measures

8/719 = $60 Celluloid thistles and tartan ribbon painted top spring loaded tape - end of the tape is fragile - 8/1631 = $58 [Japan] Celluloid sailing ship 59x53mm - tape cloth is a bit fragile at its beginning - 8/1394 = $18 Japan SKK souvenir Washington D.C. U.S Capitol Washington Monument Washington. D.C. on verso spring rewind mechanism c.1930s souvenir 37mm 8/1630 = $34 [Japan] Celluloid fish [bass] tape is on a spring from the mouth marked SKK 1930s 38mm

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Thimble boxes / holders

8/1699 = $8 Fine cotton hand-embroidered lid 36mm height empty uu1496 = $5 Hand-crocheted cotton hat thimble holder empty NEW

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Threads

8/1395 = $7 USA Paper sleeve The Brainerd & Armstrong Co’s “Asiatic” Filo Selle Pat. Sept. 10, 1895 200x20mm - threads quite tangled -

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Work boxes / Sewing boxes / Fitted needlework boxes The following sewing or workboxes are offered with their contents as I received them and I have described the condition and contents to the best of my ability There is no way of knowing which tools are original [unlikely] I have checked all the hinges and they are all in good working order and when present the keys work, unless specified

8/1671 = $450 Victorian highly patterned veneer of unknown wood brass bound edging on all edges brass cartouche on outer lid with Thos S Oborn Google has this name listed as a church minister in 1885 in Jamestown US - surface cracks on side & back surfaces - - they are slight for the age of the box - matching brass escutcheon base is green baize covered Inside: velvet ruched padding on inner lid - with a minor split in fabric- “Patent” is lettered on the brass locking plate 3 lidded small compartments on the left coverings - may have been recovered + MOP ‘button' lifts rest are compartments within a tray: bone, winding clamp with a Chinese carving on clamp & carved pomegranates on winder top + 5 rectangular MOP thread winders, with engraved Chinese scenes on both sides & monogram ‘CDB’ on each + MOP engraved thread winder with monogram ‘JB’ + 2 bone Chinese carved cotton barrels with a fretwork bone covering - one minute piece missing - - with one top & spindle missing- + ivory needlecase with an acanthus carved, squared top with a steel screw thread + brass and steel stiletto in a smooth steel sheath that screws off + brass tubular needlecase with bone top that matches nothing else - dented - + small place for a thimble + a padded velvet section is a pincushion underneath: 3 open wooden long compartments a sycamore flat strop with a leather cover marked Parkins & Gotto Manufacturers …Oxford Street + 2 pieces of beading: one ‘Ben’; the other ‘Mother’ - some damage at one end - 295x210x120mm 8/1674 = $297 Chinese for export market Black lacquered wood gilt motifs – moth in each corner with trailing flowers Chinese figural central scene fern-type decoration on the 4 sides - in good condition - some minor damage to lacquer around one hinge - Inside: black painted tray with 2, lidded compartments with matching fern pattern all plain bone tools + original working key + 2 cotton barrels + thread spindle + 2 small thread winders + very small tatting shuttle [not functional] + mini thimble [impractical] + 4 bodkins etc bottom compartment empty 245x167x80mm 8/1675 = $350 Rosewood & silver metal [silver stringing] inlay some paua shell insets whole outer top is wonderfully decorated with inlaid leaves, flowers & geometric designs - some silver missing - - Whatever cased the escutcheon on the front is missing - Inside: ruched silk in lid with an oval bevelled mirror - discoloured patch at one edge - + original key - but it does not lock - black lacquered tray has lift-out loops 6 covered lidded compartments [4 faux] matching fabric & 6 open compartments with one missing divider - Lower compartment: 3 wooden spools of thread [none matching] + 2 folded tape measures - stain on base - tain on base

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Last updated 20 January 2012

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