A collection of early 19th century and Victorian sewing accessories including beadwork and straw work Estimate £100-150 - Tunbridge ware style acorn shaped tape measure with white silk tape in inches, a little worn, 4cm - a straw work cylindrical box housing wax, good bright condition, height 4.5cm - circular Mauchline style box printed with seashells, diameter 4.75cm, rubbed - mother of pearl silk spool, 2cm - beadwork and bone combined thimble holder, with acorn shaped finial, 7.5cm, beadwork worn and coming away at the tapered end - cylindrical straw work needle case, good bright condition, 12.5cm - rosewood thread holder?, 3cm, - Continental white metal wax spool embossed with flowers, diameter 1.75cm - fabric pin cushion modelled as a strawberry, a little faded, 2.75cm - silver filigree tape measure lacking tape, height 2.5cm - spool of yellow thread, 1.5cm - two similar small cylindrical wooden caskets with coloured rings to the top, one housing steel rings, the other brass caps, height 1.75cm - Tunbridge ware type cylindrical tape measure with yellow tape, chipping around the top rim, height 3cm - cylinder of wax, 2cm - small loose section of wood - large straw work needle case rubbed around the top and pushed in at one side, fair colour, 22cm
A collection of early 19th century and Victorian sewing accessories including beadwork and straw work Estimate £100-150 - Tunbridge ware style acorn shaped tape measure with white silk tape in inches, a little worn, 4cm - a straw work cylindrical box housing wax, good bright condition, height 4.5cm - circular Mauchline style box printed with seashells, diameter 4.75cm, rubbed - mother of pearl silk spool, 2cm - beadwork and bone combined thimble holder, with acorn shaped finial, 7.5cm, beadwork worn and coming away at the tapered end - cylindrical straw work needle case, good bright condition, 12.5cm - rosewood thread holder?, 3cm, - Continental white metal wax spool embossed with flowers, diameter 1.75cm - fabric pin cushion modelled as a strawberry, a little faded, 2.75cm - silver filigree tape measure lacking tape, height 2.5cm - spool of yellow thread, 1.5cm - two similar small cylindrical wooden caskets with coloured rings to the top, one housing steel rings, the other brass caps, height 1.75cm - Tunbridge ware type cylindrical tape measure with yellow tape, chipping around the top rim, height 3cm - cylinder of wax, 2cm - small loose section of wood - large straw work needle case rubbed around the top and pushed in at one side, fair colour, 22cm
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