A characterful mixed lot of thirteen antique sewing and craft tools, assembled from a Victorian household workbox. The set includes a varied selection of bone-handled awls and stilettos, fine steel hooks and picks, turned bone implements and a small corkscrew-form tool, each showing the honest working wear associated with 19th-century domestic needlework and light leatherwork.
The collection offers an appealing study group for collectors of antique sewing tools, with a broad range of forms: tapered steel awls with collared bone handles, small hooks for threading and lacework, finely turned bone stilettos, and a compact blade tool with a flat chisel tip.
The mix of materials and hand-finished details is typical of British mid-Victorian production, where small workshops supplied the accessories for ladies’ workboxes, lace-making sets and general household repair kits.
A tactile and display-worthy group with warm patination and a good sense of age — ideal for collectors, textile historians, artists or prop stylists seeking authentic Victorian tools.
Condition
🌿 All pieces show working wear consistent with age.
🌿 Metal components exhibit oxidation, darkening and scattered pitting.
🌿 Bone handles show natural ageing, colour variation, light marks and small handling blemishes.
🌿 Tools remain stable and suitable for display; sold as antique collector’s items rather than for modern use.
Longest piece approx. 10cm
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