Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads C. C. Hoke carved dog The box itself is carved

The box itself is carved from one piece of wood

and and things carved from one piece of wood

is written 75 c

an old wood frame I'd guess turned horizontally and painted on both sides

This very finely hand-embroidered textile valence with mirrors I believe is an antique Indian Toran

Betsy's Mid 19th C. English Turned Bone Bedfordshire Lace Making Bobbin with Glass Beads C. C. Hoke carved dog The box itself is carvedI've become interested in traditional lace making processes and tools the process of making bobbin lace, especially, I find amazing, and have included a photo of a lace bobbin like this in action. I'm always struck by how modern looking the loops of colorful glass beads (functioning as weights) found at the ends of British lace bobbins like of this one seem, though I know this one, made of bone, dates to the 19th c. It was personalized for "Betsy"