[BCMA] Mystery Object

Tue May 31 14:37:43 PDT 2016

Looks too large to be a bobbin, and it doesn't have a lip at the top or
bottom to prevent the thread from slipping off.  I'll forward to a friend
who may have an idea.

Cass Sclauzero
Administrative Assistant

*The Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society*
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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

> Hello Oana,
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>                 It’s hard to see from the image but possibly a bobbin of
> some sort? Being a tailors and it having a hollow core possibly it was
> wound with thread and placed on a peg of a sewing machine? I’ve worked with
> some sewing machines that would have used something similar, though much
> smaller, but this may be a ‘professional’ thread bobbin.
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>                 There may be a better term than bobbin, I feel like I’m
> saying it a lot. I’ve attached an image of a sewing machine from our
> educational collection. The bobbin of thread would go on that peg and be
> threaded through.
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> Good luck!
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> William Shepherd
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> *From:* bcma-bounces at lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces at lists.vifa.ca] *On
> Behalf Of *Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 12:42 PM
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> *Subject:* [BCMA] Mystery Object
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> A visitor came into the museum a few nights ago to ask us if we could
> identify something in her collection.
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> Does anyone know what this is?  It’s a hollow wooden tube with a dark
> green label.  From the label we could make out only the name of the store,
> Collisters, which sold sewing goods.  Thus it’s probably something used by
> tailors?
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