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I won another silver shuttle on eBay, and have the before (grungy) and the after (shiny) pictures for you. This makes three I've won now! I decided (finally) that I (probably) have enough plastic shuttles now, and ought to concentrate more on quality and less than quantity. I cleaned them all by the boiling water + baking soda + aluminum foil method and am pleased with the results.
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| Kitchen Chemistry 201 is fantastic! |
The Spooky Cat was interested, too - and let me mention that, knowing how interested he is in shiny, pretty things (takes after me, obviously), the shuttles had completely cooled before I tried to take a picture!
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Hopefully I'll have some tatting to show you next time! Catherine and I were eating in Talk of the Town, a small restaurant in Abbeville (just off the square and across the street from the fire house, if you're out this way) and I pulled out some tatting to show her what I was working on. A lady from a nearby table explained to her hubby that I was tatting and added that she didn't know how to do it. Before we had finished our meal, she came over and introduced herself and asked if I would teach her to tat! She took my name and phone number and said she'd be in touch -- how about that? We may have another tatter before too long!
Tell Catherine hello for me
ReplyDeleteI want those shuttles! You do have the best luck! I hope you didn't pay a fortune for them. That kitchen chemistry does make them shine so pretty....
I've been very lucky - the most expensive was less than $75.
ReplyDeleteThanks again ever so much for the Kitchen Chemistry 201 lesson! I will never buy silver polish again!
Lovely clean-up of the shuttles!
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Ahhh so YOU'RE the one who won that auction! :-) I think I was the first bidder, but I bid with the intent for not fighting for them - there were no bids on it for quite a while. I was curious because I hadn't seen that particular design before. It's very pretty.
ReplyDeleteDid it have a hallmark??? I was trying to figure out who might have made it from the pictures...
Yes, it's marked N&H - according to Heidi Nakayama's excellent book (Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors), that is Nussbaum & Hunold. They were listed as a jewelry manufacturer in 1920, and made a lot of different tatting shuttles.
ReplyDeleteEach of the three I have is by a different company - N&H, Webster, and Thomae. The Webster shuttle is absolutely plain except for the old English script "S" on one blade, which is the reason I wanted it! The N&H is the most elaborately decorated, and the Thomae is the first one I won.
Your newest shuttle is a great win! I love the look of those old shuttles - I have only been fortunate enough to get one. And how great to be asked to teach someone tatting - another great addition to the community!
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