This is a beautiful enamel shuttle made by the "Thomae Company" of Attleboro, Massachuetts. Shuttles made by Charles Thomae and his son had very distinctive design. I have several enamel shuttles, but one pink one made by them. Heidi Nakayama, author of "Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors" taught me the difference. I first thought my pink enamel shuttle was made by Webster, but could not find the markings. I was told to look on the inside where I discovered my Pink Enamel Shuttle was made by the "Thomae Company". You can really see the markings in this picture of a blue enamel shuttle. The blue shuttle is not in my collection. I just love to document different colors and designs of the really old shuttles.
The front has an applied presidential seal with eagle out spread wings." It has the letter "K" applied above the seal in gold. It is a sterling silver Nussbaum & Hunold Shuttle. Please leave a comment as Patty would be thrilled to learn more about her shuttle! If you have a shuttle like this in your collection please leave comment so others can learn more about the history behind this shuttle. Thanks!
I have had several people e-mail me about their collections. One person in general that wrote me that stated. She has a rather large collection of rather good shuttles, antique pattern books, large pieces of tatted dress. As she is getting older and it doesn't appear anyone in her family wants her collection. She is looking to dispose of it. Do you have any suggestions of how to do that? Are there venues for that sort thing? Any advice would be appreciated.
This Knotting Shuttle is currently on E-bay for sale! It appears to be tortoiseshell from the picture. Knotting shuttles are more oval and the ends do not touch. They were made from mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, ivory and other items. The open ends allowed for heavy silk and thread. In the late 1800's knotting shuttles made way for the tatting shuttles with lighter weight thread. I currently do not have any in my collection. I wanted to document the history of knotting shuttles. Examples of Knotting Shuttles:
I have found that any shuttle made by F.A. Hermann will cost you! These shuttles tend to be more costly than the shuttles made by Webster. I have found very little history on F.A. Hermann shuttles. I have three shuttle pictures on my website, however none or in my collection. This shuttle is currently on E-bay. I do love this shuttle!!!
This would hook on the celluloid wristlet above and would hold the ball of thread that the tatter was working on. This is a wonderful piece of tatting history from Schenectady, New York. This picture is from Clarks O.N.T. Book of Needlework 1916 The picture shows many of the above tools including Mildward Cleopatra Crochet Hook
This is a wonderful kloppel kissen as they call it, or bobbin lace pillow could be older than the stand? Sandra Grey bought it from a man in Leipzig, Germany. Sandra said most were homemade and few were mass produced until later in 1950's.
I think it has the person's name on it in German? The person she bought it from did not know whom it belonged to. I have shown this picture to several dealer friends and none have ever seen a complete stand with pillow, bobbins, lace and lace patterns. This leads me to believe that most were burned for fuel during the war. If study the history of fabric and can date the pillow, please e-mail at [email protected], I would love to hear from you! If you are near East, Texas and know how to make bobbin lace I would love to hear from you. I am wanting to learn this art. This item recently sold on E-bay, it's in great condition for it's age. The gift box came with a little poem about tatting and included a nice shuttle. This shuttle was made by Inlaid Company of Providence, Rhode Island. It was sold in a catalogue. Carl Vilhelm Pohlson was a dealer in fine photography and picture frames and he established Pohlson's Galleries and Pohlson's House of Gifts on Pawtucket, RI in 1845. The gallery/gift shop carried various items. It appears that Pohlson's House of Gifts may have gone out business in the late 1930's. The above picture shows little blue sparrow was often on other items they sold in their catalogue.
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SheilaI have a passion to collect tatting shuttles and vintage lace. I love tatting and I do tat, just not very well. I hope Archives
July 2023
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