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http://tinyurl.com/gwknobl 18th C. single handmade Valenciennes bobbin lace lappet with added top COLLECT
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $235.00
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 8:49 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A round-hole Valenciennes ‘lappet’. This is a assembled, modified piece.  The symmetry of the ‘lappet’ part probably means it started out as a normal lappet. But the round end has been cut and finished with what may be parts of the original piece. The top is cut in a zigzag pattern and an unrelated but contemporary border, matched on the long sides, attached.  This is all high quality work both in design and technique, a excellent example of the plain line-drawing technique.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 3rd quarter 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Two pieces modified and assembled together.
Damage: Occasional pinhole, minor.
Soilage: Some light brown spotting.
Finish: Slight creasing.

   Sold for $365.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/hk2hrma BEAUTIFUL HAND MADE CREAM SILK MALTESE LACE COLLAR BERTHA
http://tinyurl.com/hlxk5so VINTAGE MALTESE SILK LACE COLLAR – Beautiful Large Bertha type Collar
http://tinyurl.com/zp52uap ANTIQUE/VINTAGE HAND WORKED SILK MALTESE BOBBIN LACE COLLAR
Size: #1: 22″ neckline,  8.5″ deep.
#2  Not given
#3 neckline 23″, 7.5″ deep, outer circumference 62″
Starting Price: £39.99, £28.00, $45.00
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 9:42 AM PDT
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Offered by: Ebay seller wattnotts, Derbyshire, Uited Kingdom
Ebay seller mavislucyatwell, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Ebay seller dolymolly, United Kingdom
Comments: Three silk Maltese round collars with the same 4-ring construction. Outer is Maltese crosses alternating with ovals of woven leaf mats. Next is a complex woven leaf ground with Maltese cross medallions (moare like 4 leaves in the 3rd one). Next is a vertical wheat-ear motif, and inside along the neckline and down the ends is a line of woven leaf ‘x’ motifs. This extends down the ends in the 1st piece, while the other two have a different border at the ends.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 1st half 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Looks like there’s a little tuck taken at one neckline corner on the first one.  None on #2 & #2
Damage: Seller cites a few ‘loose ends’.  Others look OK.
Soilage: #1 Seller cites a rust colored ‘time mark’ on one corner. Others look clean.
Finish: Slight wrinkling.

   No bids.
      Sold for 56.00, 5 bidders.
     

http://tinyurl.com/je73gdb A Magnificent Long Length Antique Point De Gaze C.1880
Size: 20 cm x 150 cm
Starting Price: £180.00
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 10:45 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfiary, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Point de Gaze with naturalistic multiple raised petal roses.  Note the diamond ‘windows in the petals, sign of a better manufacturer. A few decorative mode fillings, not much variation.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: cut both ends, engrelure added.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Slightly shrunken appearance, perhaps from a past wash.

   Sold for £320.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/zyvsfac ANTIQUE HANDMADE LACE SAMAPLE ALECON BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE
Size: 3″ x 9.5″
Starting Price: £9.99
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 11:09 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller wattnotts, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A single cuff of Point de Gaze. Unusual pattern of roses entirely around all the edges, closely set together. Raised petals, minimal decorative ‘mode fillings. The center is more open with small leaves and vines.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £39.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/hrac8w9 Old bobbin Lace Collar
Size: 34 cm neckline, 6.5 cm deep.
Starting Price: £4.00
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 11:25 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller suthgrac, Llanybydder, United Kingdom
Comments: A ‘tied’ tatted collar. I’ve written about this type of tatting before, http://tinyurl.com/zrm7m5e. Enough said there.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: This piece could use some loving care. Obvious signs of wear and past washing.

   Sold for £4.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/jv6ltav A Huge Length Of Hand Made 19th Century Bobbin Lace
Size: 10 cm x 390 cm
Starting Price: £58.00
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 11:42 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A white guipure lace.  The ground is used in Le Puy, but these are different motifs. I’m thinking it’s still a French piece, perhaps from the Mirecourt area.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites a few age marks.
Finish: Vertical fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/hzwbv9t ANTIQUE LACE LONG LENGTH OF HANDMADE NARROW BINCHE LACE EDGING
Size: 3/4″ x 165″
Starting Price: $20.00
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 3:07 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller greatlace, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: I think this might be a Pescocostanzo piece, given the hint of 6-pointed star ground. The design is fairly open. and this ‘binche’ type pattern is often seen in this area of central Italy.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: Cut on both ends.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites an ecru color.
Finish: Vertical fold creases.

   Sold for $35.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/holuc56 1800s Antique Victorian BLACK CHANTILLY LACE Shawl MANTILLA floral 96×52
Size: 96″ x 52″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: July 3, 2016, 5:37 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller countryliving, Auburn, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A triangular Chantilly shawl.  No esprits in the ground.  The main design is a tower of flowers and leaves, the design of which is repeated in the corners of the side points.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Numerous holes and repairs.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: No obvious creases, a little wrinkling.

   Sold for $164.50, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/zpsw2bv Antique Honiton lace scarf end pieces
Size: 7″ x 5.25″-6.25″
Starting Price: £12.99
Auction ends: July 5, 2016, 7:34 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A pair of Honiton guipure scarf ends (looks like the photographs are taken from the back side). Snails/slugs style. Turkey tail motifs at the bottoms, and there’s a motif called the ‘queen’s shell’ to the lower left of the center rose in the left motif.  To the right of the rose is the ‘frying pan’ motif.  There’s a wonderful book, “Honiton Patterns, Old Traditional with locally known Trade Names”, by Lillie Trivett and Carol McFadzean, with names, pictures and prickings of many motifs.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Occasional broken bride.
Soilage: Seller cites feint age marks.
Finish: No obvious creases and wrinkles.

   Sold for £12.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/gmehzcg ANTIQUE VINTAGE LENGTH OF CREAM BEDFORDSHIRE LACE 3 metres
Size: 8 cm x 2.7 m. (there’s some disagreement about the length in the writeup).
Starting Price: £9.99
Auction ends: July 5, 2016, 11:57 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller wattnotts, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A Beds border.  Note the trails with woven tallies as decoration. the gimp in inside the motifs, typical of this lace.  Interesting picoted brides with ‘islands’ in the upper ground.  You don’t often see this length in a border like this.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites a light mark at one end.
Finish: Vertical fold creases.

   Sold for £24.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/zwcqu2r ANTIQUE VINTAGE VERY LARGE DUCHESSE LACE PANEL
Size: 38″ x 50″
Starting Price: $625.00
Auction ends: July 5, 2016, 6:15 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller yellow_daisy, Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse skirt panel. Quite an elaborate Second Empire design, very dense.  There’s a little raised work on halfstitch ground in the strapwork at the bottom. Just above this there’s a line of decorative ‘mode’ needlelace fillings.
An impressive high-end market piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 3rd quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory color. 3 very small tan spots.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

      Sold for $1,060.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/hbvwk7t ANTIQUE BRUSSELS FINE LAWN BOBBIN AND NEEDLELACE HANDKERCHIEF
Size: 13″ square
Starting Price: $55.00
Auction ends: July 6, 2016, 2:17 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller doylymolly, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse handkerchief, no raised work in the Point de Gaze inserts. No raised work in the bobbin lace either.  Conventional motifs, nicely executed.  Simple floral and leaf pattern in the needlelace.  A good example of the type.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller says it has been ‘gently washed’ but gives no details on the process.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $55.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/jkuk6jy 18c Antique Collar high neck Point de Gaze &point D’angleterre Lace Museum Piece
Size: 16 long, 43″ around outside edge (I think).
Starting Price: $375.99
Auction ends: July 6, 2016, 7:16 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller orel126, Somerville, New Jersey, United States
Comments: A triangular dress insert of Brussels Duchesse with attached choker collar that matches well. The large Point de Gaze insert has no raised work. It does have an elaborate center decorative ‘mode’ filling with smaller fillings in a line to the sides. The same quality of work is echoed in the needlelace woven pinwheel fillings in the choker.  Lots of raised work on halfstitch background in the bobbinlace swags, and it all blends in well with the needlelace.  Quite a large piece for the form.  Good technique, and athe design, while a little dense, goes together well.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: The collar is sewn on separately, you can see where the buds overlap along the lower neckline edge.
Damage: A few pinholes in the PdG mesh.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Unsold as of 7/9/2016 11:38 AM MDT.

http://tinyurl.com/h2xc875 Large HANDMADE Antique IRISH CROCHET LACE COLLAR XCOND
Size: 14″ neckline, 7″ deep, 42″ outer edge
Starting Price: $40.00
Auction ends: July 7, 2016, 7:00 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller 2posies4u, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States
Comments: Irish Crochet collar with rectangular picoted mesh. Thje picots look like crocheted loops. There’s a lot of raised work, and note the unusual spiral terminations on the ‘pinwheel designs.  As for design, it looks a bit ‘thrown together’, and some of the clothwork is a little loose.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/ztreqyw c1900 LAVISH HONITON BOBBIN LACE WEDDING HANKY/HANDKERCHIEF#1~THISTE&FLOWER~LEAF
Size: 15″ x 16″
Starting Price: $98.00 buy-it-Now
Auction ends: July 8, 2016, 6:33 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller grannyfannyssattic, Melbourne, Florida, United States
Comments: A handkerchief of Honiton Guipure. Snails/slugs style with thistles in the corners. Irregular picoted brides. Nicely done grids of woven tally leadworks used as fillings.  It has an overall open feel, and note the little lace insert in the center cloth -nice touch.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: One broken bride.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal and vertical fold creases.

   Unsold as of 7/9/2016 11:40 AM MDT.

http://tinyurl.com/z92qp8r late 19c Antique Original irish Collar hand crochet lace beautiful victorian
Size: 46″ outside edge, point 9″ deep
Starting Price: $144.99 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: July 8, 2016, 4:23 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller orel126, Somerville, New Jersey, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet dress front, I think it might be a French piece. Note the very clean lines and the heavy Clones knots used as picots. This is combined with a more conventional square picoted mesh, and there is no looped edging on the outside – unusual.  The motifs are arranged in trefoils, which points more toward Irish origin. Nicely made piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Unsold as of 7/9/2016 11:40 AM MDT.

http://tinyurl.com/z5sry22 Antique FABULOUS Handmade HONITON Lace Bertha Collar Victorian C. Mid 1800s VC49
Size: 36″ neckline, 6″ outer circumference, 3.75″ deep
Starting Price: $225 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: July 9, 2016, 8:42 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller lois437, West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
Comments: A bertha of Duchesse de Bruges. Conventional motifs, nicely arranged. No raised work.
Provenance: New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: 4th quarter 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean, maybe a little beige in color from the photos.
Finish: Soft vertical fold creases.

   Unsold as of 7/9/2016 11:40 AM MDT.

http://tinyurl.com/gn7rnqp ANTIQUE/VINTAGE HAND WORKED SILK MALTESE BOBBIN LACE SHAWL
Size: 24″ x 61″
Starting Price: $85.00
Auction ends: July 9, 2016, 2:46 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller doylymolly, United Kingdom
Comments: A mantilla of ‘pale gold’ silk Maltese. Quite an elaborate design – a line of guipure leaves around the outer border. Inside is a ‘patchwork’ leaves and circles.  Next comes more guipure, then a central Maltese cross.  Excellent, tight work.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 1st half 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites a few marks which I’m having trouble finding.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $191.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/z7fqekf Antique Point de Paris 19c Belgian Lace beautiful hand made!!
Size: 2 yards 14″ long. Pointed ends.
Starting Price: $84.99 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: July 9, 2016, 3:26 PM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller orel126, 1480 Sofia, Bulgaria
Comments: An  unusual Point de Paris border. It has a kind of swirling design terminating in flowers, which honeycomb stitches.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: Cut at the ends and finished in points.
Damage: Occasional snag in the mesh.
Soilage: Brown marks throughout.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Buy-it-Now exercised.