LaceNews

None of the Ebay alerts start until Saturday, so I’m delaying the post until tomorrow.

http://tinyurl.com/kq554q2 Lovely Cream Antique Lace Wedding Veil/Shawl/Wrap/Downtown Abbey
Size:  ~77″ x 66″
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 22, 2013 11:38:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  celestial20_0, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular veil or shawl of tambour embroidery on machine net. The borders and corners are heavily embroidered with many sprigs used as esprits in the main ground – which is a lot of extra work.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  Some minor obvious repairs and pinholes
Soilage:  Cream color

   Sold for 283.90 GBP, 11 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kokqqr9 LENGTH BRUSSELS MIXED LACE C 1880 – 156 CM
Size: 10 cm excluding engrelure x 156 cm
Starting Price: $0.99
Auction ends: Sep 23, 2013 12:01:39 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  lacier, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse border. No raised work on the Point de Gaze inserts. The bobbinlace is a bit on the Bruges side, a few raised pieces on halfstitch ground.
Condition: Modifications:  Cut both ends, part of the engrelure missing.
Damage:  Might be some fraying op top, or maybe just loose threads from missing engrelure.  Photos not close enough to evaluate the Point de Gaze condition well.
Soilage:  Slight discoloration in one section – can’t tell where from photos.  Looks a little wrinkled, might be a past washing.

   Sold for 46.50 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kf6bqes ANTIQUE LACE-C. 1800’s,LIMERICK LACE WEDDING VEIL,SHAWL
Size: 45″ x 48″
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: Sep 23, 2013 15:58:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A rectangular border of Limerick needlerun embroidery on machine net. At least it has the flat needlerun appearance of Limerick, but could also be Liere. It does have the white heavier net that drapes so beautifully, often associated with English work. Two corners have larger inserts, probably indicating that this was to be folded in a triangular shape. Excellent embroidery, many varied fillings. Note the leaves used as esprits in the main ground.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  A few pinholes and groups of localized small holes, and some tiny repairs.
Soilage:  Some fold lines. Can’t really tell from the photos, but it looks quite clean.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/n4smk6h Venetian lace motif from Burano, Italy
Size: Not given, but compare with hand.
Starting Price:  $50.00, $150.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 24, 2013 00:00:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  greatlace, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: Seller says this was purchased in Venice in 1984, as a Burano needlelace. Years ago I visited the Jesurum  store in Venice and spoke with the current Moreno owner. He gave me a fragment of ‘rosepoint’ which looks very much (although more elaborate) like this piece, but definitely the same technique.  He told me how workers were selected for their hand characteristics to do the different stitches.
Aesthetically this piece isn’t really up to best 19th c standards, and the thread is a little fuzzy. But it is an unusual form with all the bride work, and a little raised work, and nicely done.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  None
Soilage:  None that I can see.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/m5ac78o ANTIQUE HANDWORKED CREAM MALTESE SILK LACE BERTHA COLLAR HANDWORKED
Size:  36″ neckline, 51″ average outer edge, 5.5″ center back depth
Starting Price: 24.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 25, 2013 10:25:52 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller abfabs05, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Comments: A Maltese shawl collar. 3 layers; outer edge of alternating Maltese crosses and woven leaf grids, middle layer basically flower roundels, neckline ‘C’ shaped guipure.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  Intact, just looks a little frayed, occasional broken bride.
Soilage:  A little staining, overall slight wrinkling.

   Sold for 36.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ml46qre BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF ORNATE IRISH EEDLELACE ANTIQUE CREAM CUFFS/FLOUNCES
Size:  18″ x 10″ each
Starting Price: 12.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 25, 2013 14:44:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller vratl, Shipley, United Kingdom
Comments: A pair of Irish Crochet cuffs. I don’t think they were made as cuffs, probably adapted from a border, but I’m not sure. Good raised work, and I think the picots are Clones knots. The design looks elaborate, but it’s hard to tell from the photographs.
Condition: Modifications:  Suspect cuffs are adapted from a border. Remains of cloth at the top, probably removed from a garment.
Damage:  None obvious
Soilage:  Look quite clean.

   Sold for 27.50 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/l62hdef  ANTIQUE HANDKERCHIEF TWO SMALL IDENTICAL HANKIES H/M VALENCIENNES EDGE MONOGRAM
Size: 13″ square each
Starting Price: $38.50 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 25, 2013 17:07:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller greatlace, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: Two identical (different monogram design but same EL letters) handkerchiefs edged with Valenciennes. The lace has been made to fit these shapes, not just a gathered border. The start/finish is midway up on the right side on both.  Fairly standard later 19thc design, nicely worked.
Condition: Modifications:  None.
Damage:  One small hole in the cloth at the monogram corner in the upper handkerchief
Soilage:  Two very small stains in the cloth of the upper hankie. Otherwise they look very clean.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/oxwfqda  Antique Brabant ? handmade bobbin lace very lovely length
Size:  2.75″ x 47.75″
Starting Price: 49.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 26, 2013 07:19:22 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A pieced bobbinlace lace border, quite narrow. It looks early, but I’m worried about a few things.  The top border is very simple, atypical of an early piece. The ground in Brabant is normally a 6-pointed plaited star, not simple hexagonal brides. The ‘tulle’ fillings are also a little off. And note the fillings, they look more English than Flemish.  I’m thinking this is a later 19th c piece of the type called Point de Flandre, or ‘Old Flanders’.  Although it does look like linen, and something about how the clothwork is handled has an earlier English Devon feel. Jury’s out on this one.
Condition: Modifications:  Cut both ends
Damage:  Minor pulls and 2 small break along top
Soilage:  Looks good from the photos, but seller says it could use a launder (conservationally correct, of course).

   Sold for 50.99 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qfs25nl Antique early Reticalla & Genoese needlelace pair of lovely cuffs…. collector
Size:  14″ atop edge, 27″ lower edge, 6″ deep
Starting Price: 69.99 GBP with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 26, 2013 08:06:12 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A pair of cuffs each with 4 layers of lace – three plaited bobbinlace, 1 reticella cutwork. Hard to tell if these are very early, but there are a few promising indications. The lower border has the massive appearance that is often found in Genoese. The Reticella has remnants of the original cloth on top and bottom. The borders on the top and next to the bottom appear to be of the same lace, and have a Venetian plaited appearance.  I think it all might be an early piece, however it falls in that large category where some solid dating techniques would be very valuable.
Condition: Modifications:  Probably made up from a longer length
Damage:  Some minor pulls,  a break in one top band, some rejoining needed.
Soilage:  None

   87.00 GBP, 2 bidders, reserve not met

http://tinyurl.com/ovxkkfa Beautiful Antique Lace Wedding Veil
Size:  74″ x 70″
Starting Price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 26, 2013 12:00:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: A square veil of muslin applique on machine net. The motif borders are tamboured on, which probably indicates a Belgian origin. A few needlerun fillings, quite simple.  The overall design is impressive, well filled with romantic flowers.  It almost looks like there’s a separate border surrounding the veil, but it is all one piece.
Condition: Modifications:  None
Damage:  Occasional break in net, two small holes
Soilage:  ‘antique white’ color

  Sold for 327.13 GBP, 15 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mnvkndk Lovely Antique Blonde Silk Handmade Maltese Lace Shawl Ex Cond
Size: 25″ x 62″
Starting Price:  $4.99 with reserve
Auction ends:   Sep 19, 2013 10:24:47 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  mctiques, Winterport, Maine, United States
Comments: A Maltese mantilla with lappet ends. The centerpiece has one side peaked, which is a nice change from the strictly oval form you often see in these pieces.  The edges are a typical alternating flower and Maltese cross chain. The center has a lot of good guipure work, although it’s a bit hard to make out from the photos. Looks like a center round medallion surrounded by more roundels, then feathering off into the lappets.  Reminds me of the triangular shawl construction.  The ground is a woven leaf rectangular grid.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  Seller cites a few tiny places that may need repair.
Soilage: It looks a little off color, maybe age fading. The edges are also a little wrinkled – looks a little worn.

   $132.50, 5 bidders, reserve not met.
Relisted as Ebay #331027358954, Buy-it-Now $199.99 or Make Offer.

http://tinyurl.com/lu3b7sk ANTIQUE 19THC HM SMALL HONITAN LACE COLLAR/ SUPERB DESIGN PERFECT CONDITION
Size:  laid flat: 11″ x 8″, 2.5″ deep
Starting Price:  $10.00
Auction ends:  Sep 19, 2013 16:53:33 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  snakey03rr, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: A small Honiton guipure collar, well out of the snails/slugs phase. The design uses only a few simple motifs with tally fillings, nicely executed. Note the use of both plaited picoted brides, and a woven bride just inside the edge flowers. The design symmetric, quite effective.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  None
Soilage: Seller cites ivory color. I see a few small rust stains in the photos.

   Sold for $10.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mxv43q2 Princess lace net tulle Honiton trim antique childs doll 1 yard +11″ X 3″‘
Size: 3″ x 1 yard 11″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2013 07:57:02 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  nedbraden1972, Spokane, Washington, United States
Comments: A narrow border of bobbinlace application on machine net – look Belgian. The motifs are quite delicate, but rather sparse.  Raised edges on the trefoils in the ground, no decorative fillings.  Quite plain, but well done.
Condition: Modifications:  cut both ends.  I think the upper edge is intact, bit hard to tell from the photos.
Damage:  Occasional pinhole.
Soilage: Some tiny rust spots, localized.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/lyeeh5g Unusual SILK MALTESE Bobbin Lace Border collector decorator
Size:  2″ x 32″
Starting Price:  $28.00
Auction ends:  Sep 21, 2013 17:00:35 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A border of Maltese – the top and bottom are slightly different so it isn’t strictly an insertion.  Design of flower roundels, only one layer.  It’s a little unusual to find Maltese in a border like this.
Condition: Modifications:  cut both ends
Damage:  Nothing obvious from photos.
Soilage: One small stain round the middle of the piece.  One edge folded a little toward one end.

   Sold for $28.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/kbsd8lj 2 Vintage Irish Youghal Needle Lace Collars
Size: collar laid flat – 16″ x 18″, border 3″ x 22″
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2013 17:00:40 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  4leeny, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, United States
Comments: The collar is Carrickmacross guipure with both looped picots around the edge and straight picots  in the brides. Some simple needle-made fillings. Good symmetric design.
The border is a machine-made muslin cutwork with what looks like Schiffli work in the brides and fillings.
Condition: Modifications:  border attached to a tape. Not sure if ends are cut. Collar is intact.
Damage:  Nothing obvious on the collar.
Soilage:  Border has a number of localized red stains.

   Sold for $62.05, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mubtxee ANTIQUE 19thC HM BEAUTIFUL LONG & WIDE POINT d’ANGLETERRE/ BELGIUM FLOUNCE
Size: 6″ x 120″
Starting Price: $325.00
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2013 20:24:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  snakey03rr, Bourbon, Missouri, United States
Comments: An interesting Point d’Angleterre border, good collectible width and length.  It has the design feel of mid 18th C droschel grounded bobbinlaces, simulated with the point de gaze mesh and fillings of a more bride-like stitch. Hard to tell if that is bobbin or needle-made. The motifs are finely made – note no decorative ‘mode’ fillings that are so often found in this kind of lace. There’s one place in the last photo where the point de gaze passes in front of one motif – not sure what is going on there.
Condition: Modifications: Cut at both ends.
Damage:  Scattered pinholes and small holes in the Point de Gaze mesh. One separation at bottom edge.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

  No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/m62b8hm Beautiful antique gossamer fine silk Sol Tenerife lace collar-Wonderful
Size: neckline 18″, front 9″, back 8.5″, shoulder 9″ wide
Starting Price: 64.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 22, 2013 07:21:06 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  greatlace, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: A ñanduti collar done in silk.  You don’t often see silk in this lace, and ait does introduce some limitations in the technique. Hard to evaluate the lace photographed on a white manikin, but the motifs seem a little loosely woven. The large roundels do seem to have varied patterns. You can spot ñanduti because of the palm leaf motifs around the edges.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  None that I can find on the photos, but hard to tell with white lace on white background.
Soilage:  One small mark at one edge, photographed.

      No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/n3wq2yy 2 lge flounces deep Brussels lace with needlemade fillings Antique Victorian
Size: 9″ x 128″,  9″ x 120:
Starting Price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 22, 2013 13:40:58 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  poppy1109, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
Comments: Two flounces of Brussels bobbinlace application on machine net. They were taken from the border of the same skirt, one on top of the other, and still are in circular form. The motifs are lightly worked, not very complex, later 19th c.  No esprits in the ground. A few simple needlelace fillings, basically a middle market product.
Condition: Modifications:  Joined, one seam each
Damage:  One flounce quite worn, numerous holes. The other seller estimates about 10% has some damage, mostly splits and small holes in the tulle, fairly localized.
Soilage:  Surprisingly clean.

   Sold for 82.00 GBP, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kk6p539 VERY BEAUTIFUL..LARGE HANDMADE ANTIQUE MALTESE LACE SILK COLLAR..CONTRAST CREAMS
Size: 20″ neckline, 40″ outside edge, 8.5″ deep
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 22, 2013 14:22:30 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  tedandbunny, DORSET COUNTRYSIDE, United Kingdom
Comments: An unusual Maltese collar in two colors of silk. I can’t recall seeing something like this before.  The guipure work and twisted wire connections are done in a lighter color, and it appears that all the woven leaves were done in the darker color, probably filled into the design later.  It has the typical layered Maltese construction, with what looks like 4 concentric rings of work.  Quite an impressive looking piece.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  Looks intact from the photos.
Soilage:  Appears clean, no obvious fold lines or storage marks.

   Sold for 67.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kvfgorj Antique French Point de Gaze Lace Handkerchief / Excellent
Size: 12″ square
Starting Price: $59.00
Auction ends: Sep 22, 2013 19:00:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  textiles2012, Hydes, Maryland, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze Handkerchief with raised petal roses. Some good decorative ‘mode’ fillings especially in the corners – also note the grids of rings also used as fillings.  Typical romantic ~3rd quarter 19th century design, although this type of lace was made in this quality until WWI.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  None that I can see from the photos, some of which are pretty fuzzy.
Soilage:  Looks clean, but hard to tell the exact color.

   Sold for $733.00, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kochfq6 *803 MAGNIFIQUE VOLANT ANCIEN POUR BAS DE JUPON DENTELLE DU PUY ÉP. ART NOUVEAU
Size: 21 cm (~8″) x 3 meters
Starting Price:  8.00 EUR
Auction ends: Sep 23, 2013 11:45:03 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  claude580_0, Pazy, France
Comments: Probably a Le Puy guipure with the most typical of grounds, a plaited, picoted 6 pointed star.  Solid clothwork in the star ground and against a halfstitch background.  No gimps, which is unusual for Le Puy.  A few woven leaves in a flower pattern. Spain is an option for this kind of lace, but the grounds are more typical of Hâute Loire region.
Condition: Modifications:  joined in a circle
Damage:  None that I can see from the photos.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

   Sold for 10.90 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k66cq6c 815* SUPERBE DENTELLE DU PUY ANCIENNE POUR BAS DE JUPON ÉPOQUE ART NOUVEAU
Size: 8 cm x 250 cm
Starting Price: 4.00 EUR
Auction ends: Sep 23, 2013 11:47:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  claude580_0, Pazy, France
Comments: A narrow border of Le Puy guipure, same star ground as the piece reviewed above.  The open circles are very unusual – it looks like the piece is unfinished and they should contain something. But this is not a construct that I remember from Le Puy laces.  Maybe it is just a decorative element, but it doesn’t seem very stable.  Some guipure in the plaited ground, and a few areas of half stitch used as fillings.  It’s a puzzle.
Condition: Modifications:  Cut at ends.
Damage:  None that I can see from the photos.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

   Sold for 4.50 EUR, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/plmx7zr ANTIQUE LACE HANDMADE PRETTY CHANTILLY LAPPETS / TIE C 1890
Size: 3.25″ to 3.75″ x 43.5″
Starting Price: $44.95
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2013 15:05:37 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  greatlace, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: A lappet scarf of Chantilly.  With a little bit of shading at the ends, but I don’t think it’s an ombre product. Probably Belgian.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  None that I can see from the photos.
Soilage:  Looks very clean.

   Sold for $58.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k3qzpxs Beautiful! Old Antique Vintage Needlelace Edge Trim! Doll Dress Brussels Lace
Size: 2.75″ x 24″
Starting Price: $14.00
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2013 18:01:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  mixedupcolors, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Comments: A border of Alençon needlelace. Rather simple design resembling 3rd quarter 18th century, but I wonder if it isn’t much later.  Réseau fin along the border, and perhaps brides bouclé above; can’t really tell from the photos. The motifs have a tight linen stitch, which makes me think it is an earlier piece.  Very few decorative ‘modes’.
Condition: Modifications:  cut at both ends, rather short.
Damage:  A few minor pulls and repairs.
Soilage:  Seller cites a few stains, hard to spot in the photos.

   Sold for $17.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k6g37bp ANTIQUE LACE SMALL POINT DE GAZE CHILD’S COLLAR
Size: 2.25″ wide, 12″ neckedge
Starting Price: $18.50 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2013 18:17:50 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  greatlace, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: A very small, light Point de Gaze collar. No raised work, minimal decorative ‘mode’ fillings. No raised work.
Condition: Modifications:  Note that the reseau next to the neck edge has been replaced with machine tulle.  Don’t know if this is original.
Damage:  A little frayed along the outer and neck edge.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean from the photos.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/n4djegv large +narrow antique irish Youghal lace collar/bertha very good work.
Size: 3″ x 45″
Starting Price: 30.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2013 03:08:05 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  reddolly123, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Youghal needlelace which looks to have been used as a collar. Short repeat, typical Youghal combination of dense and light clothwork. No elaborate fillings.
Condition: Modifications:  Sewn to a tape at neck edge. Can’t tell if the ends have been cut or modified.
Damage:  A number of small holes in the lighter mesh, you see this a lot in Youghal.
Soilage:  A few faint stains, localized.

   Sold for 30.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/n2eupus PEICE of VINTAGE WHITE COTTON/LINEN BOBBIN LACE EDGING 2 metres LONG x 40mm DEEP
Size: 4 cm x 2 meters
Starting Price: 3.75 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2013 08:17:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  staithes2beck, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Comments: I’ll call it a border of Beds Maltese.  Basically picoted plaits with a little ‘fan’ motif of woven tallies.
Condition: Modifications:  The one end that I can see is cut.
Damage:  No obvious damage from photo.
Soilage:  Looks a little wrinkled and overly white, perhaps from laundering.

   Sold for 15.08 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ldj7zxa Beautiful Antique Hanmade Lace Flounce-212″ by 22″
Size: 22″ x 212″
Starting Price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 17, 2013 12:00:13 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: A wide, long crinoline flounce, bobbinlace applique on machine net. A few tiny needlelace accents used as fillings. Good 3rd quarter 19th c romantic design of flower bunches and swags. Note the extensive use of esprits in the upper ground.
Condition: Modifications:  Can’t tell the condition of the ends.
Damage:  Numerous small holes and pinholes in the ground, expected for this kind of lace. Note the large diagonal repair lines, some look like patches.
Soilage:  The motifs don’t look very crisp – a little scraggly.  I’m thinking this has to do with a past washing. Seller says the piece is a creamy white.

    Sold for 311.50 GBP, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kxqsouo Pretty Victorian Lace Lappet Branscombe Tape Vintage Fashion Dress Costume
Size: 3″ x 54″
Starting Price: 5.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 17, 2013 12:38:14 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  cottonlily, Chester, United Kingdom
Comments: There’s a lot to indicate this might be Branscombe – the heavily looped picots, and the raised spider fillings. But the edges don’t have the typical buttonholed loops. And the large rings aren’t typically Branscombe. But the possibility is there.  Nice design, recalling early Italian needlelace.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  Some tiny fraying on the brides here and there, very minor.
Soilage:  Nothing obvious – seller says it is a creamy white.

   Sold for 19.80 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ln2oyyg LOVELY VINTAGE BEIGE COTTON MALTESE BOBBIN LACE LADIES COLLAR
Size: 18″ x 4.5″
Starting Price: 7.95 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2013 6:02:48 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  staithes2beck, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Comments: A Beds Maltese collar, nice design of halfstitch leaves and raised tallies used as marking lines. The design is symmetric with leaves on the inside, flowers on the outside.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  Perhaps one broken bride center back.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean from the photos.

   Sold for 27.76 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kc75qhy Antique 19th Century Lace
Size: Collar 11″ x 5.5″, pendants 6″ x 2″. Not sure what these measurements mean.
Starting Price: $29.99
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2013 08:45:21 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  ajet-221, Athens, Georgia, United States
Comments: A little ‘necklace’ of Bruges bloemwerk. These come up occasionally and vary a lot in the quality of design. This one uses bloemwerk techniques, fairly standard motifs arranged in a good pendant design. Wish there were more of these around, they can be quite charming.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  Looks intact
Soilage:  A little soiled, could use a conservation wash with proper blocking.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/muc7w4d Gorgeous! Point de Gaze Brussels Antique Victorian Lace Collar
Size: 16″ neckline, 8.5″ to 10.5″ deep
Starting Price: $88.00
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2013 10:58:59PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  vintageblessings, Meridian, Ohio, United States
Comments: A collar of Duchesse de Bruxelles, probably meant as a dress front – no point in putting the Point de Gaze in the back. Raised petal rose in the needlelace. The bobbinlace is a little on the Bruges side, little raised work, but nicely done. Crisp, clean design, very appropriate to the form.
Condition: Modifications:  none
Damage:  None that I can spot from the photo
Soilage:  Seller cites only two light spots.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/myjmegq Handmade Mixed Brussels Point de Gaze Duchesse Needle Lace Flouce Trim 9 X 179
Size: 9″ x 179″
Starting Price: $34.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2013 14:58:24 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  smarthatpete, Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
Comments: A long, reasonably wide collectible Duchesse de Bruxelles flounce. No raised work in the Point de Gaze needlework. Plenty of raised work in the bobbinlace, rolled edges and raised areas above halfstitch. This is a good tight design, a little on the Bruges side in a good way.
Condition: Modifications:  One end has a small piece cut away.
Damage:  Few tiny separations and broken brides, very minor.
Soilage:  Seller cites age-related patina and a few dark marks. Storage scent.

   Sold for $250.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lworkbh Antique Branscombe handmade lace lovely length
Size: 3.75″ x 68″
Starting Price: 24.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 19, 2013 07:53:50 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller  discover4, Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
Comments: This is much more typical of Branscombe. Looped picots, raised spider fillings, and the buttonhole loops on the edges. It also looks a bit lighter than the piece described above. Good, flowing design.
Condition: Modifications:  None, ends seem to be original.
Damage:  Maybe a pinhole here and there, but nothing really obvious.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean from the photos.

   Sold for 24.99 GBP, 1 bidder.