**MID 19TH CENTURY OIL CLOTH COVERED SEWING HOUSEWIFE W HISTORY STORES BOBBINS

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**MID 19TH CENTURY OIL CLOTH COVERED SEWING HOUSEWIFE W HISTORY STORES BOBBINS :
$125.00

UPFOR THIS sale IS A SUPER MID 19TH CENTURY SEWING HOUSEWIFE. IT IS A SUPER EXAMPLE AND ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE HAD. IT IS A ROLL UP CONSTRUCTION WITH AN OIL CLOTH COVERING. IT IS EMBOSSED ON THE OUTSIDE WITH GOLD GILT DECORATION. IT HAS THE OWNERS NAME ON THE OUTSIDE. ONE END HAS A SUPER TIN COVERED BUTTON LIFT OUT COVER THAT STORES THREAD BOBBINS ON A ROD INSIDE. THE OTHER END IS COVERED CLOSED IT IS 5 1/2 INCHES WIDE. UNROLLED IT IS ABOUT 11 1/2 INCHES LONG. INSIDE IT HAS SILK POCKETS, NEEDLE FLAPS, AND AN OIL CLOTH POCKET. ALSO INSIDE IS THE TINTHREAD BOBBIN TUBE. IN THE POCKET I FOUND A HANDWRITTEN NOTE THAT STATES THAT THE HOUSEWIFE WAS MADEBY A BOOKBINDER FOR HIS WIFE AND CAME FROM ENGLAND. IT MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH THE FAMILY AND BEEN A TREASURED FAMILY HEIRLOOM. IT IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION WITH LITTLE TO NO KNOWN DAMAGE. IT IS IN AS FOUND CONDITION THIS HOUSEWIFE IS THE MOST UNIQUE EXAMPLE I HAVE SEEN AND SUPER WELL MADE. IT IS THE BEST OF THE BEST AND I LOVE THE HANDWRITTEN HISTORY THAT IS WITH IT. IT WOULD BE THE STAR IN ANY EARLY SEWING COLLECTION.

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