Deb, you are so right! Finding items like these is almost as much fun as finding a wonderful old machine. And takes up so much less space.

Here's the back of the Kerr & Co's box, listing the machines these bobbins would fit. If a machine was lacking bobbins, I wonder how many times these could be filled and used before the tips wore out? Someone with a small lathe could probably make these quite easily, especially with one for a model.

These were also labeled black, and like Steve's have turned brown. So much for the black dye used a hundred plus years ago!

I suspect that these were made with a profile cutter shaped to cut the entire shape on a single press into the lathe turned wood. I have found a few companies that make custom shaper blades, so it could be done at home.

This is just another bunch of awesomeness! Love the pictures and the fact that people have them that love them so they will be here for years to come, just like our sewing machines. I have never seen one of these, much less a box!