Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a three-lobed scalloped edge.

Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a three-lobed pattern.

Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a scalloped design. Each scallop has three small lobes with three smaller loops.

Thin cylindrical piece of bone that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. Eleven small and two deep grooves go around just above recessed area; deep grooves are painted red; similar groove pattern at beaded end. A name, Caroline, is written lengthwise on bobbin in small dots; line of alternating red and green larger dots on other side from name. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: pink, clear, pink, white with painted flowers, clear, pink, and clear.

Turned wooden bobbin, plain design. One black and silver glass button and eight small black beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire.

Turned wooden bobbin, plain design. Two glass beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire.

Turned wooden bobbin, plain design. Five glass beads attached to the end with a loop of steel wire: 1 clear; 1 light blue; 1 off-white; 1 white; 1 green, barrel shaped, with red and blue spiral design.

Turned wooden bobbin, plain design. Nine glass beads attached to the end by means of a loop of steel wire: 2 metallic gray; 2 frosted white; 2 light blue, 2 brown; 1 medium blue.

Turned wooden bobbin, spiral groove design. Four glass beans attached to the end with a loop of steel wire: 1 blue-green; 2 red-orange; and one brown seed pod.

Rectangular pattern made from piercing a piece of translucent skin with a small point. Pattern has an edge of floral designs and an edge of solid fill formed by fairly dense, evenly dispersed pinholes. Pattern has ink around floral parts of pattern on one side of skin.