SOLD………A slim, decorative card box with steel netting tools. Mid 19thc

SOLD………A slim, decorative card box with steel netting tools. Mid 19thcAn unusual set of 15 steel netting tools in a paper covered cardboard box with gilt paper embellishments. in excellent condition. The box measures 19cm long 7. 5 inches Stock no. KH49

One side reads- 'Victoria 1 born May 24th 1819'

The method of looping the thread around the horns is described on page 93 of Sylvia Groves book The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories

There is some discoloration to the silver paper but the leather is in good condition

The lid pulls off revealing space for a single reel of thread

The lid lifts off and is now a loose fit

silver and green and is in an abstract design

An inlaid Tunbridge Ware box with a pack of Besique / Bezique playing cards

This type of needle book probably once contained a miniature almanac which when out of date was re-purposed

The eight counters are identical slices from the end of a block

A French bodkin case made of mother of pearl and decorated with a gilt metal band

The box is veneered in a whitewood with a central rosewood panel

The interior is also decorated with strips of straw and the base covered by blue paper