Lot 149: Spools, Bone Hook and Poplar Splitter

Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500
Price Realized: $885

Three graduated spools, (two apple core style), maple or cherry, in original chrome yellow finish; middle spool with pink silk thread, signed in script on top “Hannah T”; large spool, 1 1/8″ h, 1 1/8″ dia, (small chip), signed in pencil; Carved bone or ivory crochet hook, flat, 3″ l, print initialed on paper label “E T”, (Note: almost “other worldly”); Cherry and brass splitter, stamp marked “10”, finely made, 4 1/4″ l.