Large Antique Lace Bobbin Necklace Antique This example has a spring-loaded

This example has a spring-loaded bridge so that they hold firmly onto the nose

The little doll has a yellow painted apron and wears a small hat

It now hangs from a delicate necklace of aqua and soft purple rice pearls

It is surmounted by a passant guardan lion

small grey plastic toy monkey with moving legs swinging from a hand beaded yellow elongated hexagon

Large Antique Lace Bobbin Necklace Antique This example has a spring-loadedWhen I acquired a collection of old lace bobbins, they were in a shabby box. They needed a good clean and then their beauty and rich history started to reveal itself. Each bobbin is a little work of art with different markings and designs and some have pewter inlays. At the base of each bobbin is a small circle of beads attached by a wire. I have used these as the inspiration for the beads in the necklace. I love the fact that once upon a time the