Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads helicopters He is heavy

He is heavy

and though not every letter and number is easy to read

I am sure this piece is Mexican

MA based potter and ceramic sculptor

Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads helicopters He is heavyI'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"