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http://tinyurl.com/oxb2fuz Antique/vintage Honiton lace collar v.g.c.
Size:  17″ neckedge, 6.1″ deep at back
Starting Price: 24.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 08, 2013 09:43:45 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton guipure collar, looks like the neck edging was attached separately.  Well done snails/slugs style, and note the machine-made row of lozenges just inside the neckline. You see this occasionally, must be a means of speeding up production. I can’t tell if the brides are needle or bobbin-made, I suspect bobbin. Good tally fillings in the open spaces of motifs. The design is mirror symmetric, and fits the clean shape well.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the few photos.
Soilage:  Looks very clean, possibly unused.

   Sold for 27.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qhe7snh * Antique IRISH CROCHET Lace Lot – 3 Collars + 5 Cuffs
Size:  the sewn cuff is estimated at 2.5″ x 14″ if unpicked.
Starting Price: $19.00
Auction ends: Nov 08, 2013 11:30:35 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester, United Kingdom
Comments: A variety of Irish Crochet pieces, including two round collars, a dress front, two cuffs, one silk piece and two matching curved pieces that look like they could be used as cuffs.  The two round pieces are Rose of Sharon pattern. The dress front is more complex with scattered small motifs throughout – mirror symmetry. The two curved pieces are a more geometric style. One cuff is a series of some kind of flower with raised rings, and the other cuff appears to be a grape pattern, sewn into a circle. The little silk piece is unusual, and I’m not sure what it is for.  All of these are good middle-market pieces, nicely worked.
Condition:
Modifications:  Not sure about the silk piece.  One cuff has ends sewn together
Damage:  Seller cites one break in the neckline to one collar
Soilage:  Color varies among the pieces, but generally clean.

   Sold for $62.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/nnktkwh Early 1900s RARE ANTIQUE FIGURAL Bobbin Needle LACE Table RUNNER 4 PLACEMATS
Size:  runner 13.5″ x 47.5″, mats 10.5″ x 15.5″
Starting Price: $474.98 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Nov 08, 2013 15:03:19 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller cherubim_gates, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Comments: A a runner and 4 placemats of what I’ll call ‘Point de Milan’, with figural tape lace accents.  The figural part is probably a Northern Italian tape lace, quite narrow tapes with a little chain work. There is a man worked in each corner of each piece.  The center Point de Milan pieces a typical bobbinlace with needle-made ground, although the very centers have a bride ground.  The bobbinlace isn’t quite broken up into pieces, more of a tape that reminds me of Cantu work just a little.  Funny how in the mats this would be the part hidden by the plates, and the emphasis is more on the narrow tapes. I think this was all put together in the early 20th c around Cantu.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  A few broken brides, not serious.
Soilage:  Some light staining.

   Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/p9sxdwp ANCIEN TAMBOUR DENTELLIERE DENTELLE ART POPULAIRE BOIS SCULPTE ALPES QUEYRAS
Size:  Not given.
Starting Price: 125.00 EUR
Auction ends: Nov 09, 2013 11:37:10 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller fil-et-bricole, CHINY, GAUME, Belgium
Comments: Queyras lace equipment doesn’t come up very often, and there’s always a lot of interest when it does.  This tambour pillow is a narrow drum shape, designed for the freehand lace of the region. They are elaborately chip carved, which appeals to a variety of collectors. Usually they have a little door in one side so you can access the inside of the pillow for storage – this one has the opening, but the door itself is missing.  Stuffed with straw, and the cover cloth can be replaced as desired. This pillow has some age to it, but I would hesitate to go outside the later 19th c.
Given the interest in this item, I would include a standard warning of buyer beware on this type of material. Beautiful examples of these pillows are being made today, and the age patina is hard to fake, but please, still be cautious.  I don’t have the skills to accurately access authenticity, especially from the few photos.
Condition:
Modifications:  Storage door missing.
Damage: One large stress crack.
Soilage:  Good age patina.

   Sold for 1,140.00 EUR, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qdjlcds Vintage lace making pillow: straw filled: collectable antique or useable!
Size:  33 cm diameter
Starting Price: 4.00 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 09, 2013 13:43:59 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller stguidelines, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Comments: This thing may just look like a white lump, but I’m always interested in earlier English equipment.  The size is fairly small, it could be a Honiton pillow. I’d expect that the pillow itself is hard stuffed with straw with a canvas cover – the white cover is put on over this and can be replaced. Note the ghost of a handkerchief corner, Beds or Torchon, can’t tell.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cover is a later, expected addition.
Damage: Nothing obvious, although you can’t see the original pillow which is under the cloth.
Soilage:  Generally soiled, note the ghost of a beds or Torchon pattern.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/p2w2ltl Stunning Antique Hand Made Honiton Lace Bridal Handkerchief Hankie Wedding Lace
Size:  35 cm square
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 03:56:24 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller dianavee52, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Comments: An unusual Honiton Point handkerchief. The ground is needle-made, an unusual square grid with thread wound around each intersection to give a heavy knot. The motifs are refined, out of the snails/slugs era, but not quite as sophisticated as sometimes found. Note the feathery leaves around the edges with unusual looped edges, and the extensive tally grid fillings. There aren’t any closeups of the lozenge braid around the center cloth, but it looks possibly machine-made (similar to the first item reviewed today). n Altogether an unusual Honiton piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage: Some broken brides, a few weak spots in the fillings.
Soilage:  Seller cites cream color, no obvious stains that I can spot.

   Sold for 58.20 GBP, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/om6ek68 Stunning Antique Hand Made Honiton Lace Dress Collar Wedding Lace Dolls Bears
Size:  38 cm x 4 cm
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 04:21:28 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller dianavee52, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Comments: Might be Honiton but the motifs are smaller and more densely made than usually seen. Also the brides are buttonholed, which would be unusual.  The picots around the edge are also very prominent, and there aren’t any large areas of tally fillings. And the design is rather stark.  But I’m hard pressed to say what else it might be.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage: Occasional frayed thread, nothing major.
Soilage:  Seller cites a cream color. I don’t see any obvious spots.

   Sold for 7.50 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/prcn4jm ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE
Size:  3.25″ x 45″
Starting Price: $35.00
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 07:56:20 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: This has the feel of a Bruges design, but the weaving is so tight that it might be Ghent.  In the large leaves at the bottom you can follow the bobbins as they go around all the parts of the leaves and see how the threads bunch up in the narrow parts.  There’s a funny acorn motif that doesn’t quite go with the leaves. Note the islands at the intersections of the picoted brides, also something you see in Bruges. Interesting piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  Can’t see the ends to say if they are cut.
Damage: A few loose brides.
Soilage: Looks clean from the photos.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/opxpzhn ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE LAPPET
http://tinyurl.com/o5og77h ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS LACE LAPPET
Size:  3.5″ x 54″, 4″ x 42″
Starting Price: $75.00, $55.00
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 08:14:16 PST
Nov 10, 2013 08:47:47 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: These two scarves are similar in technique and style so I though I’d put them together. Both Duchesse de Bruges, the first a narrow rectangular scarf, the second a rounded end lappet scarf. Both have a similar simple design with the same fluted outside edge, and a pattern of flowers and leaves up the centers.  No needlelace that I can see except for some very simple fillings in flower centers, which puts them in the Bruges Duchesse category. Not quite Bloemwerk, but close.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage: Nothng obvious on the photos.
Soilage: Look unused.

  
No bids.                           Sold for $61.30, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pw7phec ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE
Size:  2.75″ x 40″
Starting Price: $55.00
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 08:33:38 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A simply designed lappet scarf of Brussels application on machine tulle.  Some needlelace ring chain fillings at the ends. The flowers appear to be carnations.  A good middle market piece, nicely worked.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage: A small hole in the tulle near the left end, a few pinholes in the mesh elsewhere. One motif on the right side end edge looks slightly damage, and a few loose threads along the edges.
Soilage: Looks clean in the photos.

   Sold for $74.99, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p8envkb ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE LAPPET
Size:  3″ x 43″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 08:42:54 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze lappet scarf, no raised work. The design is a little crowded, I like the chain of loops on the inside mesh at the ends of the piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  None.
Damage: On 1.5″ poor repair, small holes and pinholes in the mesh throughout.
Soilage: Nothing obvious from the photos.

   Sold for $73.99, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/owx8v7u ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 18THC LACE LAPPET
Size:  76″ x 3.5″ (lappets), 2.25″ (band)
Starting Price: $95.00
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 09:34:44 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: 18th century lappets don’t often survive with their connecting band (and almost never with the matching cap back, around which the band would have been ruffled).  These are Brussels bobbinlace with droschel ground, around 1760. The band is a close match in style to the lappets, and if you look at the tops of the lappets, the band seems to have been made in one piece with them.  Droschel ground is made in very narrow strips ‘sewn’ together.  This piece does have a later 19th century picoted border sewn on, which was a very common ‘improvement’ for older pieces.  Good floral design, starting to break away from the more undulating mid 18th century design. The droschel ground is quite fine. Much of the attractiveness of lappets such as these are the quality and variety of the fillings, which are interesting here.
Condition:
Modifications:  Picoted edge added later.  Cap back missing.
Damage: Lots of tears and pulls in the mesh, some along the join lines.  Damage to the top of one lappet where it joins with the band.
Soilage: Nothing obvious in the photos.

      Sold for $137.50, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/nbguemg ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 18THC LACE LAPPET
Size:  3.5″ x 43″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 11:52:34 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: Another pair of 18th century lappets with droschel ground.  Mid 18th century. The ground is rather irregularly laid, and the motifs have a kind of roundness to them. Basically no decorative fillings, and the design is a little naive. All this says English Devon work to me. The lappets are joined together at the tops.
Condition:
Modifications:  Can’t see the join to tell if there is any damage.
Damage: Some small holes and pinholes in the mesh throughout.
Soilage: Nothing obvious from the photos.

   Sold for $895.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qj4uoo5 ANTIQUE LACE-C. 18THC. MECHLIN LACE
Size:  2″ x 48″
Starting Price: $85.00
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 12:03:02 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: I think this might be a 19th century Mechlin edging. The flowers are a bit too regimented, the ground too open, and it doesn’t really match the Louis XV styles. And there are some halfstitch areas in the leaves, a later 19th c characteristic. Fillings along the bottom are quite interesting.
Condition:
Modifications:  Some kind of a stitch line just below the footedge, seller says it can be removed.
Damage: Pinholes in the mesh.  Lower edge looks a bit ragged.
Soilage: Nothing obvious from the photos.

   Sold for $85.00, 1 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pld74ux ANTIQUE LACE-C. 1700’s,SUPERB VALENCIENNE LACE
Size:  1.75″ x 62″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 12:19:39 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A narrow Valenciennes border, ~1730, with the 5-hole ground an snowflake fillings. Note the quatrefoil motifs which are more a characteristic of Mechlin lace of this period, but are also found in Valenciennes.  Val went through a lot of experimentation in ground types before settling on the plaited round an square meshes of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.  Note the line drawing in this very flat lace, perfectly delineating the design. This is one of my favorite laces, and one of the great 18th century products. And it is finer than it looks with the width of only 1-3/4″.
Condition:
Modifications:  Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Some fraying and breaks along the footedge, as if this was previously attached to something. The main body of the lace looks intact.
Soilage: Nothing obvious from the photos. I’m wondering if this seller’s photos are in B&W which might account for seeing so little staining in recent listings. Not sure.

   Sold for $997.28, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k82qsxg Antique/vintage Blonde lace shawl – Pat Earnshaw collection. Study or repair
Size:  36″ x 2 yards 8″
Starting Price: $24.95
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 12:23:36 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Ex. coll. Pat Earnshaw. A silk blonde rectangular shawl, very wide. This lace doesn’t survive well, see condition notes.  It does have the Blonde de Caen look, but perhaps an earlier 19th c piece. It is made in strips, 4″ wide (see sellers notes.) It does seem rather pieced together – if you look closely the center portions appear to be strips of about 4 different designs laid next to each other  – no attempt at organizing a mirror image along the long axis.  Stare at the blue photo long enough and you will see what I mean. The only thing that is really consistent is the outer edge. Still, they got a large rectangular piece, and this kind of blonde is so impressive. That’s just the way it was made.
Condition:
Modifications:  None.
Damage: A lot of the mesh and some fillings have holes – difficult to repair.
Soilage: A cream color.  I don’t see any obvious stains, but it would take more closeups for a good examination.

      Sold for 176.99 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/l937nkh ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1880,LADIES LACE FALLCAP
Size:  ~33″ x 8.5″ across cap.
Starting Price: $19.99
Auction ends: Nov 10, 2013 12:40:04 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A small Chantilly fallcap.  Simple design, probably Belgian manufacture.  Unfortunately no photos of the lappet ends.
Condition:
Modifications:  None.
Damage: A few pinholes – there’s a line in the cap portion mesh, not sure what that is.
Soilage: Black color makes it hard to tell.

   Sold for $19.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/kfo7lcy ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1780-1800’s,EXQUISITE ALENCON LACE
Size:  4.25″ x 145″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 11, 2013 07:07:59 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A long border of Alençon.  I think it’s more around 1800 Directoire design. Then I started looking at the way the toilé is made in the wheat ear leaves, and am wondering if it is even later in the century.  Plus the condition is so good – earlier pieces don’t often survive that well.   No decorative ‘mode’ fillings, which is unusual. Réseau fin ground. The picots along the lower edge are finely done, but photos not close enough to see if any horsehair is left in. Overall it is a rather simple design, made to be ruffled, and quite effective.
Condition:
Modifications:  No photos of the ends so can’t tell if it has been cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. Seller cites one small tear, but I don’t know where.
Soilage: Nothing obvious from the photos.

   $280.00, 6 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/lp4zosc ANTIQUE LACE -CIRCA 19THC. BRUSSELS LACE SHAWL
Size:  28″ x 114-115″
Starting Price: $595.00
Auction ends: Nov 11, 2013 07:54:07 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A rectangular shawl of Brussels bobbinlace application on machine net. Some needle-made fillings in flower centers- mainly rings and knots, sometimes in grid patterns. A naturalistic later 19th c design with a wide border running around the whole piece.  The motifs seem a little heavy, and there doesn’t seem to be much raised work in the bobbinlace, just a little leaf veining.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage: Scattered small repairs, most quite minor.
Soilage: Nothing obvious, but hard to tell from the photos.

http://tinyurl.com/mxhn9fe Beautiful Length of Antique Silk Maltese Lace 105″
Size:  3-5/8″ x 105″
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 11, 2013 11:18:03 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller isohex, Tyne-Wear, United Kingdom
Comments: A silk Maltese border, quite long.  typical undulating tear drop shapes forming hearts in between motifs.  Alternating woven leave grid and Maltese crosses. You see this pattern with variations often in Maltese.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut on both ends.
Damage: Seller cites one broken bride near top.
Soilage: Four localized brown marks. Seller has done an excellent job with the photos.

http://tinyurl.com/krbqgkc Antique/vintage Beds lace collar
Size:  3.5″-4.5″ x 30″
Starting Price: 8.00 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 11, 2013 12:06:42 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Beds shawl collar. These are often found in this configuration – a long narrow triangular floral Beds core edged with a plaited border. Here there is a rather unusual narrowing of the core at the back of the neck. Raised tallies in the leaves, a few star-like motifs. Rather a simple design.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage: Some repairs to the front pieces, not very well done.
Soilage: Nothing obvious from the photos.

http://tinyurl.com/khhf48j * Antique HONITON Bobbin Lace Items – Handkerchief – Collars – Dolls – Crafts *
Size:  handkerchief, 14.5″ square.
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Nov 11, 2013 12:20:04 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester, United Kingdom
Comments: A handkerchief, 3 collars and two other pieces of Honiton. A nice grouping, most snails/slugs design, but the little thing in the upper right corner looks more advanced. So does the fragment in the upper right corner and the collar in the lower right corner. The handkerchief has quite a nice design, and the brides have a wider, woven look.
Condition:
Modifications:  Pieces in upper right and upper left cut from something else. right end on the longest collar is cut away.
Damage: Occasional broken bride.  A darn in the cloth of the handkerchief.
Soilage: A mix of overall colors, but no bad staining that I can see.

http://tinyurl.com/krwtmao Ancienne dentelle de Bruxelles ( main )
Size:  10.5 cm x 170 cm
Starting Price: 80.00 EUR
Auction ends: Nov 11, 2013 12:56:49 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller chantaiziere, Centre, France
Comments: A Point de Gaze flounce, interesting floral design. Gets away from those constant roses a bit. No raised work. I like the series of overlapping circles containing decorative ‘mode’ fillings. The design is well spaced over this fairly small width – work is quite delicate.
Condition:
Modifications:  I can’t see the ends, perhaps this is sewn in a circle?
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.  Engrelure coming away just a little bit in places.
Soilage: Looks very clean, perhaps unused?

http://tinyurl.com/m22glu7 Beautiful antique Maltese lace collar blouse front
Size:  38 cm drop x 36 cm neckline
Starting Price: 8.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 11, 2013 13:49:55 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jellyjumble, forest hill, United Kingdom
Comments: A Maltese triangular dress insert with attached matching neckpiece. There probably would have been matching cuffs in the original set.  This piece has a royal look with the guipure crown over the Maltese cross.  Outside and on the neckline are alternating sun motifs and crosses.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller calls it a golden ivory colour. Looks unused.

http://tinyurl.com/k2wjpt5 Antique point de gaze lace 42″ long x 3″ wide
Size:  3″ x 42″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Nov 03, 2013 16:45:47 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller dollmamaalena, Fallbrook, California, United States
Comments: A narrow border of Brussels Duchesse, quite well made. Note the single large Point de Gaze flowers with no mesh, and the drooping bobbinlace flowers with small sprigs.  Only gimp work in the bobbin lace, giving it a bit of a Bruges look. The bobbinlace is rather openly woven, with some fraying of the gimp where it has been cut.
Condition:
Modifications:  Can see the ends so can’t tell if they are cut.
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the few photos.
Soilage:  A few tiny brown spots, but these might just be shadows.

   Sold for $34.00, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/n83eh2y SUPERB 51in HANDMADE Antique Vtg MALTESE LACE FLOUNCE *DOLLS
Size:  4″ x 51″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Nov 03, 2013 17:31:57 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, , United States
Comments: A Maltese border with typical teardrop undulations. These are alternating with filled with woven leaf grids, and Maltese crosses. Unusual in that it appears to be made of linen, not silk.
Condition:
Modifications:  Both ends seem to be cut.
Damage:  Seller cites a few scraggly threads.
Soilage:  Seller cites some age discoloration, some very light spots.

   Sold for $20.50, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mwalc7s *80in HANDMADE Antique Vtg ENGLISH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BOBBIN LACE FLOUNCE *DOLLS
Size:  1.5″ x 80″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Nov 03, 2013 17:45:28 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, United States
Comments: A narrow border of Bucks.  Looking at this piece you can see why people sometimes call this ‘thread lace’.  It looks like a simple little border that a lacemaker would have turned out in yards and yards, then it got cut off by the dealer each week on ‘cutoff day’. Nothing fancy, just a charming piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  Hard to see the ends, but at least one is cut.
Damage:  Some scattered breaks along the top.
Soilage:  Age yellowing, rare light spot.  Looks a little worn.

   Soild for $10.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mbrnnga ANTIQUE LACE – YOUGHAL LACE COLLAR & CUFFS
Size:  collar: 35″ x 5.5″ max depth  cuffs: 3.5″ x 11″
Starting Price: 35.00 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 04, 2013 05:46:21 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller amberfarleigh, Richmond, N. Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A high quality Venise collar with matching cuffs.
Condition:
Modifications: Someone needs to write a comprehensive book on Venise lace identification, since it can be so difficult to tell origin in these pieces.  The ring chains at the centers of the flowers are a Belgian characteristic, and the way the cordonnet is handled could also be Belgian, although the occasional raised sculpting looks French. However the way the rings along the edges are treated looks more Italian to me. The picots and loops on the Brides look more like French Point Colbert.  This is an interesting set, I like the variations in the clothwork. Overall from the ‘gros point’ design inspiration, the decorated clothwork – I’m going Italian here, but with French leanings.
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Seller cites a few repaired brides, minor
Soilage:  The color sees a bit yellowed from the photos, but hard to tell the true color. No spots that I can see.

   Sold for 260.00 GBP, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/krl9jme Unique Fun Antique Handmade Bobbin Lace Wide Yardage Decorator Fashion
Size:  3.5″ x ~2 yards 22″
Starting Price: 10.00 EUR
Auction ends: Nov 04, 2013 14:55:01 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: This little tape lace is cute with the blue ribbon.  It looks linen, perhaps a Northern Italian or Abruzzi product.  Nice bold design with a little guipure-like tape decoration.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut both ends.
Damage:  Cut around the midpoint, see photo #5
Soilage:  Seller calls the color pale honey/ecru.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/mxm9wjs Lovely Antique Handmade Lace Fan-Point de Gaze
Size:  10.5″ long
Starting Price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 05, 2013 12:00:21 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze fan with clear amber colored sticks. Raised petal roses, some good decorative ‘modes’, and note especially the large areas or picoted ring and cross fillings.   Relief in fans sometimes doesn’t work so well because they have to be folded, but here it seems OK.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos – note the mesh is intact.  Sicks seem in good shape, probably because they appear to be all in one piece along their lengths.
Soilage:  Looks clean and white in the photos.

   Sold for 175.00 GBP, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kxqdqfw Beautiful antique Maltese lace collar
Size:  50 cm neckline, 15 cm deep
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 05, 2013 12:45:40 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jellyjumble, forest hill, United Kingdom
Comments: A three-layer Maltese collar. Outer is a series of flowers, along the neck is the wheat ear woven leaf vertical motif. Center is mats of woven leaves with Maltese crosses done in guipure. A typical design for a collar, well executed.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos
Soilage:  I think I see a few tiny stains near one of the center crosses, very minor.

   Sold for 36.00 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lmthdty A FANTASTIC HANDMADE ANTIQUE MONOGRAMMED BRUSSELS DUCHESSE-LACE HANDKERCHIEF
Size:  ~33cm square
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 05, 2013 13:35:11 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller beyondthetower, SOMERSET, United Kingdom
Comments: A Duchesse handkerchief with monogrammed initials. No needlelace, which by convention gives it the name Duchesse de Bruges, although the places this could have been made are endless.  The bobbinlace is well done with both rolled raised work and elements laid on top of halfstitch.  Irregular picoted brides. The design is good, but repeats in the corners and centers of each side – a little more innovation could have happened.  Still, a bold, good looking piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Some small brown localized stains, see photos.

   Sold for 51.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k8gfoe3 Antique Brussels Lace on Net Dress Bib/Front
Size:  13″ long, 7″ max width
Starting Price: $24.99
Auction ends: Nov 05, 2013 14:58:14 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller ogop, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A Duchesse dress front. It has the look of the Duchesse ‘necklaces’ you sometimes see (http://tinyurl.com/mt3ctbq has an example). I’m guessing this has been mounted on a tulle backing for stability – the piece should be able to stand on its own. The design is fairly simple, a garland of nicely done flowers and leaves with a little raised work in the neckline. No needlelace
Condition:
Modifications:  Suspect the tulle is a later addition.
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Looks clean.

   Sold for $50.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lbqlqqy Vintage 9″ Clay Mary Russo Lace Maker Doll, Newtonville, Mass.
Size:  seated, 9″ tall, ~4.5″ max width
Starting Price: $99.99
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 06:10:36 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller redcandyapple, Hampshire, Illinois, United States
Comments: Made by Mary Russo, Newtonville, Massachusetts in 1968. Clay head and appendages, cloth body – in this it resembles the French Santon, however this is an American doll.  Well made Colonial style dress.  I haven’t been able to find anything about Russo on the web.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Looks in good shape, protected in a dustproof case for 30 years.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/o4v4rrf FIGURINE-DENELLIERE BISCUIT VERNISSE DIGNE DELFT ET N
Size:  15 cm tall, base 8cm square
Starting Price: 18.00 EUR
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 10:16:04 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller amlormed, Seraing, Belgium
Comments: I wrote a collecting article about Delft lacemakers http://tinyurl.com/7p2p8bo. This one is a little plain – usually they have Dutch scenes painted on the skirts. It is marked with a number, 178, on the base. This is a shiny porcelain finish, not the more traditional tin-glazed earthenware. But both types are now made in the area.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Chair repaired, see photo #3.
Soilage:  Looks good.

   Sold for 37.00 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/n8c9m2o Antique/vintage Beds. lace collar
Size:  20.5″ neckline, back depth 4.5″
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 10:37:27 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A floral Beds collar with plaited borders and guipure flowers and leaves on the inside.  Nice organization, well worked and presented.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from photos.
Soilage:  Looks very clean, possibly unused.

   Sold for 14.95 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/le5vtr5 Antique/vintage Honiton lace motifs- butterflies, flowers, monograms
http://tinyurl.com/n6vlh5t 6 antique/vintage hand made lace butterflies
Size:  Honiton – large butterfly 3.2″ x 2″, small butterfly 2.2″ x 1.3″, flower spray 3.5″ x 3.2″. Monograms 1″ x 1.5″
Starting Price: 9.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 10:46:37 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: I’ll put these two collections of motifs, one Honiton set, one Beds set, together.  The Honiton motifs are very clean, well done, ready to apply to anythng.  The motifs are a little rounded, no sharp points, and nicely worked.  You will like the initials, especially if your name starts with ‘E’.  The butterfly set are basically Beds work, the bottom left one finished a little clumsily, but overall interesting designs.  These were sold this way, ready to apply onto anything you like.  Normally you see tourist Point de Gaze butterflies, so it’s nice to see them in different techniques.
Condition:
Modifications:  None. One thread hanging from the lower right Beds butterfly, perhaps appliqued onto something previously?
Damage:  Nothing obvious from photos..
Soilage:  All look very clean.

  
Sold for 56.oo GBP, 3 bidders.
Sold for 23.17 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mmrdf7q Antique/vintage Honiton lace collar – roses, thistles, birds
Size:  21″ neckline, back depth 3.75″
Starting Price: 24.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 11:05:22 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton Point dress front with bird figures, thistles and roses. The mesh is needle-made. The design is roughly symmetric, still a little of that Honiton scatter. Motifs a little out of the snails/slugs style, nicely done with good fillings. I especially like the neckline treatment.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from photos.
Soilage:  Looks very clean.

   Sold for 156.89 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/n5scaxm Antique/vintage Brussels Duchesse and Point de Gaze lace collar
Size:  21″ neckline, back depth 3.75″
Starting Price: 24.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 11:05:22 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse collar. Raised roses on the Point de Gaze inserts.  Nice grid of decorative ‘mode’ stitches toward the points, unusual for a piece this small. Looks like there might be some raised work in the bobbinlace too. Nice piece, well worked.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from photos, although no closeups.
Soilage:  Looks quite white and crisp.  Photographing white lace on a light ground usually brings out the spots strongly, but I don’t see anything here.

   Sold for 26.09 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kxn8kn6 ANTIQUE FINE 18thc MECHLIN LACE DESIGNED W/ TULIPS & FINE FILLINGS
Size:  2″ x 72″
Starting Price: $95.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 11:31:40 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller snakey03rr, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: A narrow Mechlin border, Louis XV design, mid 18th c. Quatrefoil and other fillings, fairly naturalistic flowers.The undulating bands are quite wide, well filled. At only 2″ wide, I think this is more delicate than it appears in the photos.
Condition:
Modifications:  Both ends cut.  One join.
Damage:  Looks a little ragged along the footedge. A few pinholes in the mesh.
Soilage: Seller calls it creamy white, no obvious spots form the photos.

   Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/l5ebgr6 ANTIQUE 19THC PRETTY BRUSSELS APPLIED LACE/ DELICATE DAISY MOTIFS/ LONG LENGTH
Size:  4″ x 159″
Starting Price: $95.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Nov 06, 2013 12:25:38 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller snakey03rr, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: A border of bobbinlace applique on machine net.  Small, tightly worked motifs, short repeat of a simple flower spray.  All the flowers look a little bit the same. Yet the whole thing works quite nicely.
Condition:
Modifications:  Can’t see ends to tell if they are cut.  3 joins
Damage:  Seller cites some breaks in the net but I can’t spot them in the photos.
Soilage: Looks quite white in the photos.

   Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/lyun35h ANTIQUE LACE – BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE LENGTH – OVER 12 FT. LONG
Size:  just over 12 feet long, no width given.
Starting Price: $65.00
Auction ends: Nov 07, 2013 04:33:49 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller amberfarleigh, Richmond, N. Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A very long flounce of bobbin and needle application on machine net. The needle-made roses are pure Point de Gaze with raised petals, very naturalistic. Their stems and leaves are bobbin made – I’ve never seen this before.  The lower more Duchesse border is rather conventional, and no tulle shows through as backing. Almost a marriage between different laces.  Small sprigs used as the occasional esprit n the upper ground.  Quite an interesting piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  Both ends cut.  One join.
Damage:  Nothing obvious from photos, but these are limited for such a long piece.
Soilage: General discoloration and some localized brown spotting.

   Sold for 205.00 GBP, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lqhovve ANTIQUE LACE-EXQUISITE BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE
Size:  10.5″ x 198-200″
Starting Price: $2,500.00
Auction ends: Nov 07, 2013 13:30:04 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A long, wide Point de Gaze border, very naturalistic design. Raised petal roses in a variety of forms. Definitely a high end market piece. The decorative ‘mode’ fillings are precise and well executed – largely confined to the architectural connections between repeats.  The roundels connecting these bands are quite elaborate.  The raised work on the roses ad other flowers is so 3-D that pieces are folding back into space. The footedge is decorated, which is unusual for Pt de G, and note the incongruity of the rather conventional engrelure attached.  Overall an exceptional piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  The one end I can see doesn’t look cut. Point de Gaze is assembled in pieces, so terminations are often irregular.
Damage:  Looks pristine from the photos.
Soilage: Cream patina, no sign of spotting from the photos.

   Sold for $2,500.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/n2zwnyy Antique Handmade BRUSSELS Duchesse Bobbin LACE Runner Needlelace Center Initials
Size:  ~11″ x 25″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Nov 07, 2013 18:12:02 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller winter-garden, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: A tablepiece of Duchesse, with initialed monogram in Venise needlelace.  Rolled raised work forming leaf veins.  This was probably part of a wedding trousseau.  There’s a lot going on in this design, rather crowded.
Condition:
Modifications:  None, but probably part of a larger set.
Damage:  Seller cites some broken brides.
Soilage: Looks clean.

   Sold for $61.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/m7sdhb2 Antique/vintage Beds. lace collar with daisy flowers
Size:  21″ neckline, back depth 2.5″.
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 08, 2013 09:50:56 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A floral Beds collar. A good clean design, square picoted bride ground with raised tallies on the clothwork.  The design has a little flow to it, although in the end it looks a bit stark. Well made, with a simple plaited edge.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from photos.
Soilage:  Slight brownish discoloration to front area.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/n238sr9 * Brussels Duchesse & Point de Gaze Lace collar – Dress front *
Size:  21″ long, average width 3″
Starting Price: $19.99
Auction ends: Nov 08, 2013 111:31:51 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester, United Kingdom
Comments: A unusual Brussels Duchesse frontpiece, in the shape of an ‘X’. The Point de Gaze inserts are quite flat, and there is some raised work in the bobbinlace. Everything is surrounded by a row of small flowers, quite nicely worked.  Interesting piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  A few small holes and pinholes in the Pt d Gaze mesh.  A few minor repairs.
Soilage:  One small brown mark.  It has that slightly pulled look in the motifs which might be a sign of previous washing, but nothing serious.

   Sold for $36.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/m7fczo2 Bruges Duchesse Antique Bobbin Lace Collar 19th C CW
Size:  14-15″ neckline, 4″ deep
Starting Price: $68.00
Auction ends: Oct 31, 2013 17:24:03 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A Bruges Bloemwerk collar with two different plaited grounds. Near the neckline is a rectangular picoted grid, near the outside brides are irregularly spaced. The work is tightly done – note the single windows in the flower petals. The design symmetric with quite a nice presence. Rolled ribs define some of the leaves, and there are island and tally fillings in the flower centers. This is a very good example of this type of work.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious
Soilage:  Seller calls it eggshell white.  No staining

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/lzed6xs Yard plus Fine Antique Silk BLONDE DE CAEN bobbin lace deep flounce
Size:  8.5″ x 38:
Starting Price: $95.00
Auction ends: Oct 31, 2013 21:12:12 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A fairly deep border of Blonde de Caen, from France.  This lace is famous for the contrast of the heavy motifs and the very light mesh, which can also be its undoing in condition. Here the design fills the space quite well, it is meant to hold a slight ruffle. Note the elaborate esprits in the ground, and some extra effort to contrast the heavy border with lighter small halfstitch leaves. also note the little diamonds in the centers of the honeycomb areas, which is a bit unusual.
Condition:
Modifications:  I can’t see the ends in the photos, probably cut since it is a short length.
Damage:  The mesh looks a bit strange along the top, pulled, or maybe some repair? Hard to tell. It isn’t consistent with the rest of the mesh. Might be a separate piece joined by racroc.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean from the photos.

   Sold for $95.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/mqvpn6v 2 Antique Collars: Irish Crochet Lace Collar and Ruffled Lace Trim Collar
Size:  15″ across, 3-3.5″ deep.
Starting Price: $14.99, $25.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 08:28:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller amyability, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet collar, ‘Point’ type with needlemade ground. The motifs are small and tightly worked, a little geometric, heavy on the shamrocks. No raised work that I can find.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Looks intact from the photos.
Soilage:  Brown spots, particularly near the ends.

  No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/mqv8cgh 3 yards 27 ins antique/vintage Maltese lace
Size:  5″ x (12″ and 1 yard 15″)
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 10:03:02 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: 2 section of a Maltese border. This is a typical pattern of teardrops separated by heart-shaped outlines. The trail looks almost like a tape lace, nicely convoluted. The squared brides between motifs are unusual.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut into two pieces, both cut on ends. traces of cloth on one edge.
Damage:  Some breakage and fraying to the top edges. One small repair to a cross.
Soilage:  Looks clean from the photos.

   Sold for 68.00 GBP, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/md55obk Antique/vintage Irish crochet lace collar
Size:  16.5″ neckline, 8″ back depth.
Starting Price: 24.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 10:13:08 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: An Irish Crochet collar with densely packed motifs. There are pinwheels and harp-like motifs, along with small flowers. The picots on the brides look like crochted loops. Good close work with some heavy raised rings.
Condition:
Modifications:  Some localized brown marks.
Damage:  Occasional broken bride.
Soilage:  Quite white, probably from washing, buit it was nicely blocked afterward.

   Sold for 64.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k5ykzem Antique/vintage 19th century Honiton applique lace bertha
Size:  7.5″ x 39″
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 10:22:36 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: I’m not sure if this is a bertha, but it looks good draped around the shoulders of the manikin. Honiton applique on machine net. It has large motifs, without much in the way of typical Honiton fillings – a bit snails/slugs style.  Some larger sprigs along the lower border, smaller ones in the upper ground. Nice consistent small border around all edges. A middle market product.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Some pinholes and small repairs.
Soilage:  The color looks quite consistent throughout.

   Sold for 48.71 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ljogyjw ANTIQUE CHARMING MIXED PT DE GAZE/BRUSSELS LACE FINEST LINEN HANKIE
Size:  11.5″ square
Starting Price: $39.99
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 10:29:20 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruxelles handkerchief. No raised petals in the Point de Gaze inserts.  It’s kind of a wild floral design, rather densely packed.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Looks intact, especially the Pt de Gaze mesh
Soilage:  A little wrinkled, might have been washed in the past. It looks very clean.

   Sold for $170.49, 11 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ku62p5c ANTIQUE POINT DE GAZE LACE LARGE COLLAR
Size:  28″ x ~3″
Starting Price: $24.99
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 10:29:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze collar with long frontpieces. No raised work. No decorative ‘modes’. Basically it relies on design for effect, which is quite nice for the shape.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  No real closeups in the photos, but it looks like there are some repairs to the mesh.
Soilage:  Yellowed, a little wrinkled

   Sold for $68.99, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k6eqz3d ANTIQUE PARETTY & LARGE HAND BRUSSELS LACE COLLARE W/PT DE GAZE LACE INSERTION
Size:  56″ x 5.5″
Starting Price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 10:29:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
Comments: A bertha of Brussels Duchesse.  Flat Point de Gaze inserts, made up of decorate ‘mode’ filings arranged in a flower pattern.  The Bobbinlace motifs are rather large, looks a little on the Bruges side.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious. Point de Gaze mesh looks in good shape.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.  A little wrinkled from storage, but the motifs looks quite crisp.

   $51.00, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/n4n7cs3 BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE BEDFORDSHIRE BOBBIN LACE COLLAR
Size:  19-20 cm deep, 44 cm neckline
Starting Price: 0.99 GPB
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 13:28:25 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller beyondthetower, Somerset, United Kingdom
Comments: A guipure collar. It doesn’t look like Beds to me, especially with the little islands in the mesh next to the neckline. The Design of the center flower with combined half and whole stitch looks Belgian. But the occasional use of the gimp looks more French.  I’m puzzled on origin here, but no question the design is very good, and quite naturalistic.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious that I can see, although seller cites a little fraying on the neckline.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

   Sold for 68.28 GBP, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lzm8xr4 BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE HANDMADE BRUSSELS APPLIQUÉ LACE LAPPET
Size:  114 cm x 10-11 cm ends, narrowing to 5 cm in center.
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 1, 2013 13:32:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller beyondthetower, Somerset, United Kingdom
Comments: A lappet scarf of Brussels bobbinlace application on machine net. Some tiny needlelace accents in flower centers., and there are two rather large needlelace flower at the lappet ends. The bobbinlace is small and delicate, quite well made, raised rolls and edges. Good naturalistic design, note wave of flowers along the connecting band. Not the highest quality of this lace, but getting there.  Small, good pieces of applique like this aren’t too common.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Looks intact.
Soilage:  Seller cites 3 tiny spots that I’m having trouble finding in the photos.  Rather crisp and flat, almost looks unused.

   Sold for 65.00 GBP, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k68f2sl Antique Handmade Bedfordshire Bobbin Lace Alb Base & Cuffs – Religious Vestments
Size:  cuffs: 8″ x 9.25″ each laid flat. flounce: 24″ x 110″
Starting Price: $320.00
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 04:29:06 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller netties_123, Castanet, France
Comments: An alb flounce and cuffs of guipure bobbinlace with a rose ground mesh. All three pieces are in circular form, ready to attach. It looks like a French or Spanish guipure, typical of these larger pieces, although I can’t spot the specific place of manufacture. The large flowers have no gimp, and note the windows in the petal work.  I’m thinking the cuffs are pieces cut from the larger original flounce.
Condition:
Modifications:  Sewn into circles.
Damage:  A few broken places in the mesh.
Soilage:  Seller has washed the piece.

      No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/mqus9tk ANTIQUE LACE-FINE 19THC. HONITON LACE HANDKERCHIEF
Size:  ~17″ square
Starting Price: $125.00
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 08:17:13 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Honiton handkerchief, advanced design with large areas of woven tally fillings. Nice tightly woven roses, almost resembling Ghent work.  A higher end market product,  more resembling the more structured contemporary Brussels designs – also note the little ‘islands’ where the mesh brides meet; more a Belgian characteristic.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  A few pinholes in the cloth. One broken bride that I can find I the photos.
Soilage:  Seller cites one spot on the lace, I can’t find it.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/mcybt4l ANTIQUE LACE-ORNATE 19THC. HONITON LACE HANDKERCHIEF
Size:  ~16.5″ square
Starting Price: $295.00
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 08:23:37 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Honiton handkerchief with elaborate white embroidered monogram. It has the look of the previous piece, perhaps the same manufacturer.  Square picoted brides, more varied fillings, and the design has more of the English scattering effect. Quite an elaborate set of medallions in the centers and corners.  A higher end market piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  A few stains in the cloth.

   Sold for $295.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/ktaxauy ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 19THC. HONITON LACE LAPPET
Size:  42″ x 4.75″ max
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 08:29:14 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Honiton guipure lappet scarf.  I like the clean lines of this piece. The motifs are slightly snails/slugs style, and have the scattered English flower garden feel that you see so often in Honiton. Interesting flowers that I can’t identify, they almost look in side view, and you can clearly see the tape winding back and forth to build up the flower. Good tally fillings, occasional raised ribs and other raised work.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Several brown stains throughout, and the whole piece has a cream color look.

   Sold for $75.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/m968mmb ANTIQUE LACE – 17THC VENETIAN GROS POINT LACE LENGTH
Size:  35″ x 8.5″ to 10″ to 7″
Starting Price: 295.00 GBP Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 08:42:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller amberfarleigh, Richmond, N. Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A Gros Point flounce of varying width. There are several different edgings around the piece, one of which looks like a narrow Genoese insertion. The needlelace motifs have the high relief edges, fairly simply decorated. Lots of interesting groundwork variation over large areas, perhaps a sign of an earlier piece.  Note the highly decorated brides typical of the era. The motifs have been reassembled, as was so typical of 19th c adaptations, and many of the brides have been replaced.
Condition:
Modifications:  A reassembled piece.
Damage:  ?The motifs look in good condition, just general age wear.
Soilage:  The color seems quite consistent throughout.

   Sold for $295.00, Buy-it-Now exercised.

http://tinyurl.com/kjkbgqk Antique Wedding Brussels Bobbin Lace Hanky
Size:  14″ x 14″ – lace ~2″ wide
Starting Price: $29.99
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 12:19:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mike10_mike, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Comments: A handkerchief of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. A few simple needlelace fillings.  The lace is quite narrow (unusual for an applique handkerchief, normally the lace is wider), with tightly woven motifs filling the space well. Rather short repeat.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  One small hole in the cloth.  Lace looks good, especially the tulle.
Soilage:  Overall white color.

   Sold for $29.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/lszq66r 19th C Burano Needle Lae Unusual square collar bodice top COLLECTOR
Size:  13-14″ across, ~3.5″ deep
Starting Price: $85.00
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 14:46:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A Burano needlelace edging, perhaps for a handkerchief, cut on one side, perhaps to adapt for a collar. This is a ‘classic’ Burano design, large swirling flowers and leaves, no esprits in the ground, and a variety of decorative fillings.  The cordonnet in Burano is always couched on.  Good regular work, with a bit of a mechanical appearance that you often find in  Burano.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut on one side, perhaps for a collar modification.
Damage:  A few pinholes in the mesh, and occasional small hole, some localized fraying along the edge.
Soilage:  Seller says it is ‘pearl white’. Note remnants of green pattern paper still attached.

   Sold for $91.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qf2duwe BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE FALL CAP 19th CENTURY PAT EARNSHAW COLLECITON
Size:  143″ long
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 15:00:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: Ex. coll. Pat Earnshaw, illustrated in “Bobbin and Needle Laces”. Described as “Brussels Duchesse”. If it is a Belgian piece it is very unusual.  Note the raised tallies on cloth stitch in the end flowers and acorns, and the rather unusual raised work on halfstitch in the buds. Yet there are some islands joining Brides – more of a Bruges technique. I’ll call it Belgian, but quite unusual, and difficult to attribute. At first glance it almost looks like a Floral Beds piece, but obviously is not a continuous lace, so that’s not a viable option.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

   Sold for $154.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/osmy5z2 BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE NEEDLE LACE with DAFFODIL and ROSE MOTIFS
Size:  9″ x 147″
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 15:05:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: A wide Point de Gaze flounce with raised petal roses, and elaborate decorative ‘mode’ fillings. Note the multiple raised rings in the centers of the upper flowers. The design is so dense that there is little left over for the mesh. For later 19th c elaborate romantic Belgian needlelaces, it doesn’t get much better than this, and there’s a lot of interest in this piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  I think one end is cut, the other termination looks more original.
Damage:  Nothing obvious.
Soilage:  Looks pristine.

   $1,525.00, 8 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/pcmjvh6 BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE NEEDLE LACE with DAFFODIL and ROSE MOTIFS 3 metres
Size:  3.5″ x 120″
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 15:05:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: A flat Point de Gaze border with a primary motif of daffodils. Technically it is excellent. Design-wise it isn’t quite the quality of the previous piece, but still a high end market item. For example, they might have done something a bit more innovate with the decorative ‘mode’ fillings, and the flowers and leaves look a little flat.  I do like the centers of the daffodil trumpets with the different stitch pattern.
Condition:
Modifications:  Looks cut on both ends.
Damage:  Nothing obvious.
Soilage:  Look pristine.

   Sold for $369.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/m8r544u IRISH LIMERICK TRIANGULAR VEIL 19th CENTURY
Size:  210 cm x 95 cm
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 15:05:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: Ex. coll. Pat Earnshaw, illustrated on the cover of “Embroidered Machine Nets”. A book that is always within easy reach of my desk.  Given Pat’s expertise I won’t question the Limerick attribution, although this piece doesn’t contain obviously Irish motifs. excellent needlerun motifs, getting quite elaborate in design in the main point.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Pinpricks and tiny pulls in the tulle.
Soilage:  Looks very clean from the photos.

   $112.50, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/kvfe6ex BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE HANDKERCHIEF 19th CENTURY
Size:  14″ square
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 15:25:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze handkerchief, no raised work. Note the interesting decorative fillings with woven triangles in the corner curves – quite unusual.  The design is quite dense, naturalistic, but I think could benefit from more shading.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Rare pinhole, and if you look closely at the lower left and upper right corner photos, I think there might be some careful small repairs.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

   Sold for $299.00, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lqhrklx BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE HANDKERCHIEF with BIRD MOTIFS 19th CENTURY
Size:  14″ square
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 15:35:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze handkerchief, no raised work. It’s a figural piece with the birds, which is quite unusual. The design is very deep and almost completely fills the space. Only a few very simple rings, chains and zigzags used as decorative ‘mode fillings’. I’m always amazed at home much Point de Gaze can do with basically two stitches – the mesh and the clothwork.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Some pinholes scattered through the mesh.
Soilage:  Looks clean and crisp from the photos.

   $381.00, 7 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/ljg6f6h ALENCON NEEDLE LACE LAPPETS Ca 1780
Size:  lappets, 30″ x 4″, total length including bonnet flounce, 100″
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 15:40:51 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: A set of Alençon lappets with the connecting cap back band. Quite remarkable that the band matches the lappet design. Just wish the cap back were also there. The design is an early Louis XVI, with a lighter border and brides tortillée inside.  Very small motifs.  This type of design comes up fairly often, here the edge is a little more complex than usually seen.  Lappets like this are usually quite long.
Condition:
Modifications:  Note the zigzag join of lappets and band, which means that the lappet tops have been cut.  This is minor considering the presence of the band.
Damage:  A few pulls and pinholes in the central mesh.  Engrelure in the band is a little frayed.
Soilage:  Some small localized brown spotting.

   $162.50, 6 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/lb8bwsl Stunning Antique Brussels or Valenciennes White Lace Tablecloth
Size:  47.5″ x 47″, lace 7″ deep
Starting Price: $134.00
Auction ends: Nov 2, 2013 20:31:36 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller vintageblessings, Meridian, Idaho, United States
Comments: A small table cover of pieced bobbinlace with what looks like a point ground bobbin-made mesh. You see this occasionally, usually in smaller more delicate pieces, and I don’t really know where it comes from. The bobbinlace is rather Duchesse, maybe with Ghent refinements, and some simple but appropriate fillings. The design is quite effective for this type of object, although the motifs at the cloth edge look a little crowded. But I don’t think it’s been cut from a larger piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Looks clean and in good condition.

   Sold for $134.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/mxj9kvv Antique/vintage Bucks bobbin lace shawl – Pat Earnshaw collection.
Size:  23.5″ x 3 yards 15″
Starting Price: 24.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 3, 2013 09:55:20 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Ex. coll. Pat Earnshaw. I’ll go with an East Midlands point ground Bucks-type rectangular shawl, made in strips about 5″ across. A similar shawl sold on Ebay in June 2013, see the end of http://tinyurl.com/kbz7g7l.  I bought that one, and contacted a number of people in England and Spain, most of whom were of the opinion it is Bucks.  I’ll say the same here.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  There’s a black looking stain or something at the top of the 9th photo, unsure what this is.  A few other dark spots throughout.

   Sold for 336.00 GBP, 13 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kvzbo6m Antique/vintage Blonde lace shawl – Pat Earnshaw collection. Study or repair
Size:  32.5″ x 82″
Starting Price: 24.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 3, 2013 10:28:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Ex. coll. Pat EArnshaw.  An impressive looking rectangular shawl of Blonde, probable Caen. The large motifs extend even to the fillings of the middle ground. Note that the design along one long edge is different from the other edge, as if this were meant to be folded lengthwise.  The technique is excellent, closely woven, dense and flat.  Occasional half stitch shading.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  A lot of unfortunate holes in the mesh, occasional split along the edge. The very fine mesh would be difficult to repair.
Soilage:  Many brown stains.

   Sold for 87.60 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kudta5p FINE LINEN TABLE CLOTHW/FIGURAL,POINT DE PARIS LACE
Size:  ~32″ square
Starting Price: $95.00
Auction ends: Nov 3, 2013 16:04:55 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, Untied States
Comments: A small table cover edge with figural Point de Paris lace. It is a hunt scene with people on horseback chasing animals through foliage.  Nicely done work.
Condition:
Modifications:  None, I assume, you can’t see the whole thing flat in the photos.
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.  Seller cites some pinholes, but doesn’t say where.
Soilage:  Looks very clean.

   Sold for $98.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/l6kkxbm AN ANTIQUE FRENCH EVENTAIL FAN..J. DUVELLEROY ..LONDON & PARIS.. BLACK LACE
Size:  12″ long
Starting Price: 29.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 4, 2013 11:40:00 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller supermantronix, SNOWDONIA, United Kingdom
Comments: A Chantilly fan with blonde sticks with box marked J. Duvelleroy, London.  Interesting rather pictorial design done with flowers and trellises.  Some very interesting unusual fillings.  Occasionally you get a Chantilly fan that breaks away from traditional design organization.
Condition:
Modifications:  Lace has come away completely from one guard stick, slightly from the other.
Damage:  One small hole in the lace.
Soilage:  Looks clean, hard to tell with black lace.

   Sold for 155.00 GBP, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mqwvotw Antique/vintage length early bobbin lace – Pat Earnshaw collection
Size:  15″ x 68″
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 4, 2013 12:17:56 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Ex. coll. Pat Earnshaw. A wide border of bobbinlace which has been made in strips so it is likely early 19th c, perhaps English.  The ground is Kat stitch. You can see the strips sewn together clearly in this piece.  Whether this is an assembled piece, or originally meant to be like this is the question. Something like this bears a little resemblance to Levey’s “A History of Lace”, plate 344, described as an early French blonde.  Interesting, puzzling piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  One long edge hemmed. Cut both ends.
Damage:  Lots of holes in the mesh, ends quite ragged.
Soilage:  Many brown spots.

   Sold for 36.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lp2bydr Antique/vintage black silk lace bonnet veil – Pat Earnshaw collection.
Size:  30″ x 37″
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 4, 2013 12:27:35 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A black lace bonnet veil, but the photos aren’t close enough to see what it is. Since it looks like it is joined in strips, bobbinlace is a reasonable guess, however the mesh itself has the diagonal gran associated with machine lace.  Whatever, it has a kind of Blonde de Caen design with a heavy lower border, and large sprigs in the ground.  The decorated top edge is a little unusual for a bonnet veil.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Lots of holes in the mesh., some splits along join lines.
Soilage:  Hard to tell because of black color.

   Sold for 58.00 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/jvqo77z MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE HANDMADE BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE COLLAR
Size:  103 cm neckline
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Nov 4, 2013 13:45:45 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller beyondthetower, SOMERSET, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze collar with long front points – note the projecting roses meeting in the center. Several of this style collar have come up for sale in the last few years, and the are usually quite high quality. Raised petal roses, two layers, arranged almost in a garland around the neckline.  There are some areas of Point de Gaze mesh, but much has no mesh; one of those ‘Point de Gaze guipure’ pieces.  Interesting outside border on the roses, like it’s wrapped, not buttonholed.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious in the photos.
Soilage:  Not very crisp, it looks like it has been washed at some point.

    Sold for 221.00 GBP, 13 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kw8jbbv ANTIQUE 18th HM FIND MECHLINE LAPPETS/ SUPERIOR QUALITY & DESIGN NEAR PERFECT
Size: 3.5″ x 65″
Starting Price: $650.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Nov 4, 2013 16:07:27 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller snakey03rr, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: Louis XIV Mechlin lappets, joined at the tops. Design is interrupted where they are cut.  These lappets are in exceptional condition.  There are also some variations of typical Mechlin quatrefoil fillings, some almost modified to diamonds.
The more I stare at these the more puzzled I am. It almost looks like the outside edge is added separately, although when I look closely there’s no obvious join. The designs don’t quite match.  I’d need to get these under a microscope to tell more.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut and joined at the tops.
Damage:  Nothing obvious in the photos.
Soilage:  Seller says they are creamy white. No obvious stains.

   Sold, best offer accepted, don’t know amount.