Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame antique kindergarden calf weaners reflect a wide

calf weaners reflect a wide variety of solutions to a common problem: preventing calves from nursing while allowing them to graze

I believe it likely dates to the very late 19th century or very beginning of the 20th

housing one small ball inside

and not fragile

special thing

Woman with Lace Making Pillow, Self-Referential Antique Bobbin Lace Doily in Original Frame antique kindergarden calf weaners reflect a wideA bit hard to capture this well due to glare, but I've done my best it is celluloid rather than glass in the frame, original to it, c. 1890s 1900 I believe. I love a piece of antique handmade figural lace, and I especially love things that are self referential, and here we have both: a piece of antique handmade bobbin lace with a picture at center of a seated woman with lace making pillow on her lap. (I've included a photo of the type of pillow used