Pins and pincushions . sappearing. A terrible time called spring-cleaning is answerable for much ; as surelyas each year that season returns, the spirit of destruc-tion invades the hearts of housekeepers, turning manya really charming woman into a destroying angel, asshe sweeps away without remorse treasures touched bya thousand memories. If we now look at Illustration 2 on the sameplate, with initials and date 1815, made by ElizabethOrton, who lived all her life at Swaffham in Norfolk,we shall at once perceive that it is in much betterpreservation than the centre one of Mrs. Heads group,thoug
Pins and pincushions . sappearing. A terrible time called spring-cleaning is answerable for much ; as surelyas each year that season returns, the spirit of destruc-tion invades the hearts of housekeepers, turning manya really charming woman into a destroying angel, asshe sweeps away without remorse treasures touched bya thousand memories. If we now look at Illustration 2 on the sameplate, with initials and date 1815, made by ElizabethOrton, who lived all her life at Swaffham in Norfolk,we shall at once perceive that it is in much betterpreservation than the centre one of Mrs. Heads group,though made two years earlier. The reason of thismay be that so far it has not been suspected of con-taining anything of value; its form has therefore notbeen tampered with. Illustration 3 is a pretty exampleof very fine knitting in brown and white silks, withsquared floral forms and the name C. Osboldestone set in octagonal spaces; and Illustration 4 excitesinterest as having belonged to Isabel Strange, whose PLATE XXXVIII. 3 t^;
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