<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Cass Sclauzero</div><div>Administrative Assistant</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><div style="font-family:tahoma;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-size:10pt"><div style="font-size:10pt"><font size="3" color="339966"><font size="3" face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:16px"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font color="teal"><b>The Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society</b></font></div></span></font></div></font></font></span></font></font></div></div></div></div></div><span style="color:gray;font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">150 - 2248 McAllister Ave</span><br><span style="color:gray;font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Port Coquitlam BC V3C 2A5</span><br><font color="gray" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">604-927-8403| <a href="mailto:info@pocoheritage.org" target="_blank">info@pocoheritage.org</a></font><font color="gray" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">|</font><font color="gray" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://www.pocoheritage.org" target="_blank">www.pocoheritage.org</a><br></font><br><img src="http://www.pocoheritage.org/images/poco_heritage_logo.gif"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" target="_blank">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hello Oana,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> 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.<br>
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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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Good luck!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 31, 2016 12:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" target="_blank">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>' <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" target="_blank">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Mystery Object<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A visitor came into the museum a few nights ago to ask us if we could identify something in her collection.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">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? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Oana Capota
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">T</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="tel:604.515.3842" value="+16045153842" target="_blank">604.515.3842</a> |
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