Brass thimbles from around the world, some for sewing and others just for collecting

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Antique brass / latten

8/805 = $14 19th C? Brass - has mud adhered to inside & out - - very out of shape - - with cracks & uneven rim - 8/807 = $19 19th C? Brass - covered with layer of pale mud - - out of round - - worn & split at apex - 8/809 = $14 19th C? Brass finely indented with wide band & some remains of striations - very out of shape - - with rim cracks & uneven rim - - apex pitted - 8/811 = $20 England 18th C John Lofting Brass cross-hatched apex - very out of shape - - rim starting to separate - 8/817 = $10 Brass hand-indented - large hole in side - - rim has a few nicks - 8/1245 = $18 Brass 17th C? cross-hatched apex - drilled hole in centre of apex - - part missing off rim - - out of shape & covered with verdigris NEW L20 = $40 Nuremberg Latten (medieval brass) vertical hand-indentations - has worn thin & brittle - - a split three ways across the apex - - small holes in apex -

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Charles Iles ENGLAND Norma Spicer's Iles - A Family of Thimble Makers is a must for collectors of Charles Iles thimbles

19/156 = $55 Charles Iles 14mm diameter no maker's marks slogan Love God over striations 1860s - holes in side - - very rubbed - Learn more about Slogans thimbles

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Cloisonne CHINESE Enamel on brass

Thimbles with an Australian theme 356a = $7 Kangaroo 356d = $7 Koala with baby

bk344 = $6 Ducks

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T Kadletz AUSTRIA

8/988 = $15 laquered brass campaign for USA elections 1976

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Other brass There are millions of brass thimbles so if you collect brass thimbles, watch out for minor details. Most utilitarian brass thimbles have a rolled rim - so ones without this feature, are more desirable. Brass thimbles weren't marked with the size mark before the turn of the 20th C The child's sizes were meant for use by children

19/19 = $4 size 0 18mm diameter -- out of shape - 19/20 = $4 size 0 17mm diameter bk1126 = $2 size 1 - nice patina - - badly out of shape - - small dent in apex - 8/881 = $4 size 3 15mm diameter 19/39 = $4 size 3/0 16mm diameter - out of round - 8/887 = $4 size 4 15mm diameter bk1127 = $3 size 4 14mm diameter - black stain on side - bk1315 = $3 size 4 12mm diameter bk1313 = $4 size 5 14.5mm diameter bk1316 = $3 size 5 14mm diameter bk1317 = $3 size 6 13mm diameter 19/24 = $6 Child's size 7 12mm diameter bk1314 = $3 Child's size 7 12mm diameter bk1318 = $3 Child's size 7 12mm diameter 19/18 = $4 15mm diameter pointed apex - out of round - 19/27 = $7 15mm diameter - apex has been pushed in for quilting - - out of shape - bm220 = $2 18mm diameter - out of round - bm248 = $4 15mm diameter - out of round - - small dent on band - bm351 = $5 19mm diameter finely indented with cross-hatched apex - very out of shape - 8/581 = $7 Thimbles Only Regards Jean Shoup -1985- apex is patterned 22/15 = $20 multicoloured rings © maker's mark lettered in apex 17mm diameter NEW bm356 = $6 Chinese? 16mm diameter uu578 = $3 mini uu663 = $7 dummy/pacifier boxed

Set of 9 = $70 5/1196 = $9 Jupiter 5/1197 = $9 Pluto 5/1198 = $9 Venus 5/1199 = $9 Mars 5/1200 = $9 Earth 5/1201 = $9 Mercury 5/1202 = $9 Uranus 5/1203 = $9 Neptune 5/1204 = $6 Saturn - bead loose -

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Last updated 17 August 2008

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